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Context : In this extract Phatik and Makhan both brother’s have shown their mischieviousness. 

Explanation : Now it had become compulsory for Phatik to keep his words to maintain his position. But his courage was lagging him behind. His active mind in that situation, at once caught upon a new trick which would defeat his brother and allow his attendants an increasing entertainment. He ordered then to roll the log and Makhan over together. Makhan heard his brothers and decided to stick on to the log to maintain his position. But the could not see those things which were related to the bubble reputation and the risk which could have fall upon him.

Context : In this passage Phatik’s attitude’s changes have been described. When his uncle asked him to take away with himself his joy was boundless. 

Explanation : When Phatik’s uncle came to his home he felt happy. His uncle asked his mother about the education of her sons and his sister told him about the difference of attitude of her two children. Phatik was lazy, disobedient, and wild. But Makhan was as good as gold, as quiet as a lamb and very fond of reading. Bishambhar asked his sister to take Phatik with him at calcutta and to look after him as his own son. Phatik’s mother agreed with her brother. When Phatik became to know about this he readily accepted the offer as he himself wanted to go away from his village.

Context : Phatik wanted to go his home back. So, he tried to do so but was caught back to his uncle’s home by two constables. 

Explanation : Phatik was suffering from high fever and was insensible whole night. Bishambhar called a doctor. Phatik opened his red eyes and looked up to the ceiling, and said calmly “Uncle have the holidays come yet? May I go home?” Bishmbhar cleaned his own face which was wet with tears and took Phatik’s weak and hot (burning with fever) hands in his own hand and sat near him whole night. The boy again started speaking slowly finally his sound became hig vly finally his sound became high, he cried, mother don’tbeat me like that! Mother! I am not lying. I am telling the truth!”

Context : When Phatik did not come for whole day his uncle took help from police. 

Explanation : At last in the evening a police van stopped in front of their home. Rain had not stopped yet and the streets were full of water. Two constables brought phatik inside the house in front of Bishambhar. He was completely wet and muddy allover, his face and eyes were red with fever and his body was trembling. Bishambhar himself took Phatik in his lap towards inner room. When his wife saw him she said, “this boy has come to us as a heap of troubles shouldn’t you send him to his home back?”

The fever rose very high and all that night the boy was delirious.

Context : In this extract Phatik’s feeling against his aunt’s behaviour is shown. 

Explanation : The bad atmosphere of dishonor in his aunt’s house depressed Phatik so that he felt that he could not take a breathe comfortably there. He wanted to roam in a country freely as he did in his earlier days. But in calcutta there was no open place for him to go the city was surrounded by houses and walls, he only could dream continuously of his village and to be back there. He was unable to forget the beautiful grasslands where he used to fly his kite whole day long; the broad river-bank where he used to wander about the livelong day singing and shouting for joy. There was a · narrow river also where he could go and enjoy himself with his friends at any time he liked. He thought about his friend circle over whom he used to command; and above all the remembrance of his cruel mother who was always partial to for him. 

He wanted to go out into the open country and fill his lungs and breathe freely.

Phatik stopped his restless movements for a moment.

There was no more backward boy in the whole school than Phatik.

In this world of human affair there is no worse nuisance than a boy at the age of fourteen.

She had a prejudice against the boy.

(b) patience

(a) nuisance

His sister had lost her husband while he was in Bombay.

But the servant was the master on this occasion.

Makhan rushed at Phatik and scratched his face and beat him and kicked him.

All the other boys crowd themselves hoarse with delight.

Makhan heard the order and made it a point of honour to stick on.

The owner of the log would be angry and surprised, and they would all enjoy the fun.

“The Home coming’ is a touching story of a boy of fourteen years. Back in village he was happy and free. He played his boyish pranks and has the fun common to his age but life last all its charms when he was sent to calcutta. Instead of love he received contraption, insult and beating. This made the boy unhappy and adversely affected his progress in school; the unloved boy fell sick and died. According to me Phatik was transplanted from village life which was full of mischief and pleasure to a life to city where he had no one to love and give affection to him. He realized the values of home and love because of neglect from his uncle’s family and separation from his mother. During his illness this wild boy turned mature and understands what is home.

Phatik Chakravorti was ringleader among the boys of the village.

Phatik was very unhappy at his uncle’s house in Calcutta. He received no love and affection. His aunt found fault with him and insulted him. Once in the state of malarial fever, He ran away from home. He was brought back in serious condition. The boy told his uncle that he wanted to go home to his mother. His uncle assured him that he would send him when holidays would come. In his delirium he kept on asking his uncle if holidays had come. Finally his mother was sent for she arrived just in times to see her son die. His mother came to see her son dying. 

Phatik was sent to Calcutta by his mother. She hoped that the boy would get good education and be happy there. Phatik too expected to have an exciting life but his aunt did not show him any love. She was rude with and found fault with him. He was despised and insulted every now and then his cousins also made fun of him. His life at school was no better. He was the most backward boy in the whole school. The house became a prison for him. The whole his life was miserable and unhappy in Calcutta. Now he longed for his village where he was a ring leader and where he had enjoyed life. He also remembered his mother. One day he fell sick and he feared that in such condition, he would be nuisance to is aunt. So he ran away from home.

When Phatik and his uncle reached Calcutta, Phatik made the acquaintance of his aunt for the first time. His aunt was not all happy to see him. For her, Phatik was an unnecessary addition of her family because she had already three children who were quite unmanageable. To bring a village boy of 14 was very much upsetting to her. So Phatik was unwelcome to his aunt…

Bishambar brother of Phatik’s mother or his maternal uncle came to Phatik house. Bishambar had gone away soon after the marriage of Phatik’s mother and his sister and he also started business at Bombay. Bishambar now come back to Calcutta and was visiting his sister after a long period.

Phatik and his friends decided to perform a new mischief. They decided that they should shift the log by force from its place and roll it away. The owner of the log would be angry and surprised and they would enjoy all the fun. But the fun was spoiled before it started, as Phatik’s brother Makhan went against this plan. He decides not to allow them to roll the log way. So he quietly sat down on the log without uttering. word. This made everybody puzzled for a moment. Phatik asked him to get up. But Makhan sat more confidently and appeared like a young philosopher meditating. Now it was the question of Phatik’s dignity before his gang and so he ordered the gangs to roll the log along with Makhan. As the log moved, Makhan fell into mud. So he quarreled with Phatik and went home crying. All in this way Makhan spoiled the fun. 

Phatik Chakravorti was a typical naughty village boy about fourteen years old. He was the ring leader of his gang. He never went to school but spent the whole day flying kites, swimming in the river and playing mischief. He was inventive and full of ideas. One day a new mischief got into his head. There was a heavy log lying on the mud flat of the river waiting to be shaped into to mast for a boat. Phatik and his friends decided that they should shift the log by force from its place and roll it away. The owner of the log would be angry and surprised and they would enjoy all the fun.

Phatik Chakravorti was a typical naughty village boy about fourteen years old. He never went to school but spent the whole day flying kites and playing mischief. He was a perpetual nuisance and his widow mother did not know how to manage him. He was lazy, disobedient and wild, so not studying properly. Once his maternal uncle Bishambar visited his sister after a long. He volunteered to take Phatik to Calcutta where he would be educated. Phatik’s mother readily agreed and Phatik also was excited to go. So he readily went to Calcutta expecting a new exiting life there.

Context : In this extract the feelings of a teenager child has been shown. What situations he/she has to face. 

Explanation : In this extract the narrator says that teenage specially age of fourteen years in itself is a bad thing. A boy of this age is not considered gorgeous nor useful. It is not possible to show love on him as is shown on littly boy. He is always felt as if he is coming in somebody’s way. If he speaks in a childish way he is called a baby and if he behaves in a grown-up way he is not respected. In fact whatever he speaks makes angry to others. Then he does not get attraction at his growing age his height grows fast and his clothes becomes short for him; his voice also becomes rough and breaks and shivers. His face looks angular and ugly. Eary childhood’s shortcomings can easily be given up but it is hard to bear the mistakes of a fourteen year old boy. The boy becomes shy. When he talks with elderly people he feels extremely forward or shy that he looks ashamed of his very presence. 

Phatik was the most backward and the dullest boys in his school. He remained silent when the teacher asked him a question, and like an ass patiently suffered all the blows that came down on his back. One day, he lost his lesson book. It was impossible to prepare lesson without it. Day by day he was beaten unmercifully by the teacher. His conditions became so miserable that even his cousins were ashamed of him. He was insulted by his classmates. These all the troubled faced by Phatik when he was at school. 

Phatik was sent to Calcutta by his mother. She hoped that the boy would get good education and be happy there. Phatik too expected to have an exciting life but his aunt did not show him any love. She was rude with and found fault with him. He was despised and insulted every now and then his cousins also made fun of him. He was the most backward boy in the whole school. He was beaten unmercifully by the teacher day after day. He could not make any friends. He longed for his village where he was a ring leader and where he had enjoyed life. The house became a prison for him. He wanted to run away to his village. The whole his life was miserable and unhappy in Calcutta. 

Context : In the given extract Phatik’s reaction against his brother Makhan has been described. 

Explanation : After cleaning his face Phatik sat down on river bank and started chewing a piece of grass. Just then a boat came on the river bank and a middle aged man, with grey hair and dark moustache came to him and asked where the chakravortis lived. Phatik did not take care of him and pointed in such direction that it was impossible to understand where he pointed. On asking again by the stranger he replied ‘go and find out roughly and continued to move his legs and chewing the grass as before.