Reviews for A Horse and Two Goats, and Other Stories

The average rating for A Horse and Two Goats, and Other Stories based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2012-11-19 00:00:00 Chris Farrell This was an interesteing short story which can be analyzed on many aspects. The cultural clash is dominant. The American seems a bit snobbish with his fancy clothes and ignorant attitude, a stereotype of an American. He thinks he can buy everything for money, which in a way is quite funny. The Indian though is quite sad. He's a sterotype as well, old, poor and uneducated, but full of wisdom and spirutuality. We can also see the clash between materialism and spirutualism. Where the Amercian only thinks about buying the horse and the Indian caring about his community, about ledgends and wellfare. The whole narrative can be seen as a metaphor for when the white man colonised India, not caring about the consequenses for the domestic people

Review # 2 was written on 2018-01-09 00:00:00 Mark Nobilio Brimming with RK Narayan's simplistic style of writing, with every story ending somewhat expectedly, but nevertheless leaving the reader with a sense of contentment.