Main Characteristics of the Writings of Mulk Raj Anand

Abstract

In this paper, we are going to discuss Mulk Raj Anand and his main characters. He portrays the philosophy of life that hope is most important for human being. Feelings of dejection, frustration and rejection may come but if hope survives, we are successful in our lives. Rebellion against the ruling class is portray in most of his novels. Anand's realism is visible in his fiction as well as his characters. The good, bad and ugly are the shades of his novels. Mulk Raj Anand is against the moral decay. By awakening and arousing the social consciousness he wants every Indian to wake up. His concept that we should light at least one candle so that the darkness is removed.