A Hero is a short story written by R.K Narayan. The main theme of story “A Hero” is childhood and bravery. The story centers around a life of little boy who was fearful but become brave by random act of bravery.
“A HERO LESSON SUMMARY IN ENGLISH BY R.K NARAYAN”
Summary of A Hero By R.K Narayan
R.K Narayan’s “A Hero” story begins with main character, Swami, a little boy who is very lazy and fearful. Swami don’t want to go to school and neither he wants to do any kind of work. He spend most of his time with his friends or with his grandmother who tells him interesting stories.
As well as Swami is the only child in his family so he is very dear to his mother and grandmother. Swami doesn’t sleep alone, he only sleeps with his mother or grandmother.
Swami’s life changes when his father heard a news through newspaper, he heard that one kid bravely saved himself from tiger by climbing a tree. He was on tree until tiger runs away from there. When Swami’s father heard this news, he wishes his son to be like that brave boy. On the other side, Swami is fearful and very lazy person boy.
Swami’s father tells brave boy story to Swami. Swami’s father wants Swami to change so he decides that Swami won’t sleep with his mother or grandmother anymore. If he start sleeping alone then he would become brave person for sure.
Thereafter, Swami’s father tell him that he would not sleep with his grandmother but in my office room. Swami is scared as he never sleep alone. Swami tried his best to change his father’s thought but his father doesn’t change his mind.
Swami tells his friend about it that his father has asked him to sleep alone. Swami’s friends advise him to sleep early before his father came so that his father could not ask him to sleep in office. Swami tries to sleep early at night but his father came and takes him to office.
As well as Swami request his grandmother to stop him from sleeping in office but his father doesn’t listen anyone. Swami’s father fulfil only one wish of him which is that he allowed him to open door and windows of the office.
When Swami was trying to sleep in office, he remembers horror stories which his friend told him. As well as he was hearing dangerous voice of insects from window. He doesn’t know what to do to sleep in office. He doesn’t know what he would do if ghost comes in office ?
After some time, Swami was falling sleep but saw a shadow near his window, he doesn’t know whose shadow is this, he feels like that is ghost shadow. Swami decides he will fight for his life no matter what, so he jumps on shadow and bites its leg but that wasn’t ghost shadow it was thief’s shadow who came to rob their home.
Swami’s bites gives so much pain to thief that he started crying loudly due to which everyone comes in office and caught thief. Swami’s father calls police and everyone in village praises Swami’s bravery. Swami’s father is proud of him because that’s what he wanted from him.
His father wanted him to some kind of bravery act so that everyone can knows his name. Next night, Swami goes to sleep with his grandmother as he wants to sleep with his family members. Swami’s father still wants him to sleep in office but Swami’s mother comes in and tells his father that Swami would sleep with his grandmother only.
Swami’s mother tells his father, you have tested my son bravery so now he would sleep with his grandmother. Swami’s mother added I want Swami to be innocent and childish for few more years. I want him to enjoy his childhood life. At the end of story, Swami’s father agrees with his mother and let Swami sleep with his grandmother.