Character of Munno
Coolie: Character of Munoo Mulk Raj Amand's famous novel coolie depicts the character of Munoo, a young hill boy who is dragged into the plains in the false hope of going to work and seeing the world. Fate takes him from the clutches of a vindictive housewife to a primitive pickle factory in a feudal city, and then to Bombay where he farms some peace. With his comradeship and love, his irrepressible curiosity and zest for life, Munoo emerges as the most attractive character. Munoo is a lad of fourteen and was the playful boy. He was the whiz kid at climbing trees. He would hop on to the trunk like a monkey; climb the bigger branches on odd hours. Munoo is an innocent country boy. He was far from being go-getting, being ambitious in life. His expectations are extremely modest. His only desire is to live, "I want to know, I want to work"(23). Munoo finds himself in tune with all the lavish beauty of nature around him. Munoo is a receptive and sharprural teenager full of hig...