Give a character sketch of The Master.

The Master is a Holyman, who befriends the tiger. He calls in the “Save Tiger Committee” to prevent the tiger from being shot by Alphonse, the hunter.

But when Alphonse gives a substantial bribe to the Committee members to get from them the permit to kill the tiger, the Master with his power of suggestion makes the drunk Alphonse go to sleep. 

After that he unlocks the door to let the tiger out of the headmaster’s room and leads him out of Malgudi towards the distant hills.

When the Master and the tiger passed through villages, the people were dumbstruck to see them and were became silent.

At one place, two groups of men were in a bloody fight and dispersed as soon as they saw the tiger and the Master.

The incidents made the Master comment that a tiger’s presence was a must in every town and village to maintain peace and discipline.

The Master thought it would be best to hand over Raja the tiger to the head of a zoo because he decided to attain Samadhi and as he would not be there to protect Raja from being attacked by the other creatures of the jungle, nor prevent him from starving to death.

The Master, a man of prosperity, who participated in the Quit India Movement and lived at Ellemmna Street with his wife and children, left one night behind everything for seeking spiritual heights and to seek the illumination of a true Sanyasi.’

Very much in the manner of Sidhartha, he acted to merge his soul with the universal soul. Master is Raja’s transformer.

He brings about a drastic change in the life of the dreadful animal Raja. Acceping the Master, as his teacher Raja the tiger yields himself to the mysterious powers of Master and becomes his follower.

The two-the ‘Guru’ and ‘Chela (teacher and disciple) return to the green foliage of Memphis hills where they pass their days in philosophical speculations which mainly involve teaching of the Bhagwad Gita’.

The nameless Master of the tiger is undoubtedly a real saint who has obtained spiritual maturity and strength after ‘Sadhana. 

‘Master’s wife appears at the end of the novel. Once, Master was experiencing spiritual pleasure in the company of the tiger.

Master saw a woman visitor coming and Master guided the tiger Raja to keep himself out of sight. Acting on the direction of Master Raja observed everything through leafage.

The woman was the master’s wife. As a faithful Indian wife, she laid down before master, which indicates her profound respect for her husband who has a noble soul.

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