Rabindranath Tagore: Short Stories Lesson Plan

Consider the following two conclusions Bipinbihari makes when he takes over his father’s landlord duties: “Firstly, workshy people who sat at home growing fat on rent from land they had sublet were in most cases useless and deserved no pity.” “Secondly, it was much harder to ensure an income than in his father and grandfather’s time. There was much more scarcity” (134). Are these conclusions logical? Do they support or contradict each other? Why do you think Bipinbihari thinks this way?

Good answers will consider that Bipinbihari is not objective and will examine what his biases are. There is no way, without doing extra research, to know if Bipinbihari’s conclusions...