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The Villagers
A rather dull-witted 21-year-old who goes to inform Raju that his brother Velan has been injured in a fight, which has broken out as a result of a drought that afflicts the villagers. In relaying Raju’s words back to village elders, Velan’s brother muddles up the message, inadvertently communicating to the villagers that Raju has undertaken to fast until rains arrive.
Velan’s Brother Quotes in The Guide
The The Guide quotes below are all either spoken by Velan’s Brother or refer to Velan’s Brother. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 6 Quotes
Did they expect him to starve for fifteen days and stand in knee-deep water for eight hours? He sat up.
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Velan’s brother has jumbled a message from Raju to the villagers, and this has led to the profound misunderstanding among the villagers that Raju has accepted to undergo a two-week fast so as bring about rains to alleviate the drought under which they suffer. Later that day, Raju suddenly realizes the enormity of the task that has been placed—accidentally—on his shoulders. Raju clearly does not want to “starve for fifteen days and stand in knee-deep” water for hours a day—after all, he’s maintained his image as a holy man primarily so that he can enjoy the surplus of food the Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor
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Velan’s Brother Character Timeline in The Guide
The timeline below shows where the character Velan’s Brother appears in The Guide. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 6
The day after the fight, Velan’s brother comes to Raju to inform him that Velan has been injured. Raju is not sure...
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Velan’s brother finds a gathering of village elders discussing the drought and the recent fight with the...
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...watch over Raju—that this is the least he can do—and he tells Raju that his brother has told the villagers that Raju is prepared to fast. Raju remembers that he has...
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