II.2 Plot or Story
The story starts with the arrival of a new batch of students
in Delhi University from all over the India sub-continent, among them, a young
18 years old lady named Rupali Sinha from Patna. Shehad been a bright student
throughout her school life. Since her younth, Rupali was dreaming of walking
one day down the corridors of this institution-DU.
Seing that her dream becomes true, she was very happy and
joyfull when she received an admission call from this top-ranked institute to
persure commerce. Her parents were very pround of their only one daughter who
was about to leave them for the first time for her studies purposes. With tears
on eyes Rupali left the family house.
Her first day in DU hostel was characterized by the happiness
since her life dream of walking in DU hostel corridors became true, she could
smile with every girl she meets and greets them without shame. Her 107 room was
so sweet for her. She passed night the first day late because of deep
thoughts.
The next day she waked up fresh for her first day at college.
Early in the morning her roommate-Saloni, who had become later her closest and
best friend arrived in the room with her lagguage too.
After the first day at college which focused on welcoming new
students celebration, Saloni conviced Rupali to have a facebook account which
was considered by her like not to be important. When one day she was on
college, Rupali was happy to see a post in which a music club of college was
looking for new members; she loved music, though
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didn't hesitate to join the band. During her music test, a
group of student entered the room where music intruments were installed, they
destroy and left them room. In that group was Arjun. This guy has met Rupali
days before and made her afraid with his interrogatoire. Rupali started to
dislike him for seeing him always in negative things.
It was one hot afternoon that Rapuli left hostel for going to
meet at college Professor Mahajan, teacher of account for clearing a doubt she
had regarding his paper. Professor who was one of the more well-known and
respected faculty members had planned her visit two days ago for the 2 p.m that
day. But when she reached professor's cabin, she found the door locked. She
went to look at the other faculty member's cabins in the department to check
if, by chance, Prof. Mahajan was there but, the whole floor was desolate!
Rupali decided to go back for not meeting with the one she
went to search, while walking in a dark corridor, she saw a open window which
caught her attention. Inside the window was very black likewise outside where
she was. Inside the room, she saw the back of someone, it was a lady, in front
of that lady was a man trying to touch her everywhere by force.
The apparence of that lady showed that she was a peon and she
quickly noticed that man was the same professor she was looking for. Rupali was
choked seeing that a respectful professor of the great university of India was
violating a peon lady in the office. She decided to run with fear but, her
heart requested her to do something.
In the room, the cenario continues, Professor succeeded to lay
the lady on the table, she was trying to pull herself out of the man's grip,
but Professor was stonger than her. She repeatedly tried to pull the man's hand
out of her blouse, but the man persisted, clearly pushing himself against her
will. When the peon managed to step away, Rupali was able to take her phone and
record the scene just for about a couple of minutes. When she noticed professor
putting of his trousers, Rupali was not able to see such things either in her
phone or her own eyes,
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then she decided to stop recording and find a quick solution
to save the poor peon.
After remembering the speech of her father: She created a fake
phone call in which she spoke loudly and walking by making noise with her feet,
loud enough to be heard by the people inside the faculty room. In sthe same
time, the lady peon run outside the room speedly looking her and there to check
if someone can notice her. Rupali wished to follow her but hesitated in
thinking that Prof may come out to see what happened. She then decided to
disappear without being noticed.
It took Rupali a whole week searching that lady peon before
meeting her one day in the garden area of the campus, cleaning. Rupali took a
minute to verify if that lady was the real peon she saw that day for there were
many of them working in campus, her heart made her confident that she was. She
then approached her to invite her working in her hostel room that evening. The
peon introduiced hersef too. Her name was Raheema.
In the evening, Raheema arrived in Rupali's room. She then
succeeded to make her speak about what happened to her that day in the office.
Rupali was choked hearing that that lady of about thirties was a widow and
mother of a fifteen-years-old daughter who used to work as domestic help in few
houses. But when, three years back, her husband who was working as a gardener
in the same college died of cancer, she had no other option than to look for a
better job in order to take care of herself and her daughter's education. Like
her, she didn't want her daughter, too, to clean utensils. She had dreamt of
good life for her daughter.
Someone in her community asked Raheema to see if she could get
some work in the college in the replacement of her husband. She agreed with the
idea. This was not also easy for her, since, someone else had already filled
the vacancy that her husband's absence had created. Raheema moved in several
offices witout answer.
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The only man who noticed her presence during three days
sitting down in front of an office was Prof Mahajan. When he heard her speak,
the same day just by a simple call talk, he ordered to hire her. Raheema was
surprised to see such power and authority Mahajan had at University. She
considered him like an angel of her life. Unfortunately, it took only two weeks
for her angel to turn to devil.
He was her angel and she would remember him in her prayers
(...)
Unfortunately, it only took two more weeks for Raheema's
angel to transform into a devil. The unexpected had unfolded when Mahajan had
specifically asked Raheema to clean his cabin on a holiday, when there was no
other faculty member or student in the college block (YDAMN, 24).
This story mad Rupali very angry, she then decided to take the
cause on her hands and fight to defende the poor Raheema. A week later when the
elections had passed, all activities started as usual at college, Rupali went
in the Professor's cabin to meet him and discuss about Raheema's matter. She
get in the office even if the profeesor didn't allow her. She then witnessed
all thing Professor did with that poor peon then she asked him to stop doing
all these things for if not she will go to revealhim to higher authorities.
Professor's face became red with anger.
He promiced to show rupali what his power was for none had
tried to speak to him like that. Things became complicated for Prof when Rupali
called Raheema to get in the office, for Mahajan didn't know that she was
stainding outside listening to all thhings they were discussing inside. With
shame that turned to anger, Professor Mahajan, with all his force slapped
Rupali, she fell down. Raheema got fear that sent her to plead mercy of
professor. When Rupali stands up, she stopped Raheema of pleading him (YDAMN:
28).
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They left before Rupali tells the professor to stay far from
Raheema. When they arrived outside, they asked themselves what to do in order
to put an end to such illtreatment from the professor. The brave lady planned
to find a solution about that situation as soon as possible. They separated and
promised to meet the next morning.
When Rupali arrived nervous in her room, her room-mate
discovered her unusual appearance, she then approached her and make her speak.
Rupali told the whole scene and her friend became very angry to Professor for
slapping her best friend, Rupali. Then she asked what must be done in order to
end that matter. Rupali still conviced in her heart to fight that evil
professor. Her mate adviced her to stop fighting for an unknown but Rupali
didn't like to hear that.
The next morning, Rupali and Raheeme met again. She, Raheema,
announced her that she has found someone who is going to help them in that
matter. She then proposed her to meet with that man during their class-pause.
Rupali didn't feel very good to see that someone else is informed about the
matter she liked to be their own secret, but she had no choice since that one
is going to help her in the fight she is involved in.
The meeting time arrived, Rupali went quickly to meet with
them in a restaurant. She get in slowly found Raheema and that guy inside.
While intering the hall the guy's back was visible in her eyes. Raheema smiled
to her and said that they were just waiting for her. Surprising, the guy
waiting for Rupali is the leader of guys who made her scared the day she was
planting her tree in the hostel garden, her first day in Delhi. The same guy
was among those who came to vandalize the music club the day she had audition.
She was shoked to have in front of her the guy she secretetly hate because of
seeing him twice always in the bad situations.
Arjun, the guy greeted her and started talking. They decided
to speak in English and explain all their plans to Raheema later. She was not
happy inside her until Arjun explained that he was not bad as she
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was thinking. He then explain why he was present the day of
her audition trouble, he came late because they informed him that his friends
went to vandalize students in music club, he followed them in order to stop
them, unfortunately, he found them already in action, that is why he stayed
only outside the auditorium.
He made her understand some realities of university they are
students in, he explains what their claims and fights are about and made her
conviced that he is not a bad guy. Rupali was conviced. She now trust in him.
The both planed what to do for fighting Prof's evil deeds. Arjun claims that it
will not be possible since they have no proof of what professor did because he
will not accept the witnessing of either Rupali or Raheema herself.
Arjun met his friends in order to plan what can be done for
Rupali's desire to fight the evil professor. They all are blocked because they
have no proof of what happened. Suddenly, Rupali, said she has the proof. She
agreed that she had something that can be considered as the proof. She then
explain while taking her phone outside her bag that she had recorded a part of
scene that happened in the room were Professor was violating the poor Raheema.
She presentes them the video. They were all shoked seeing the fact of the
story.
One of Arjun's friend decide to cut the last part of the video
where the face of Raheema was visible. They decide to creat a new facebook
account and post the video in Delhi University's group.
The next day, all was done. Professor's sexual arrassements,
his evil deed and whole his face is seen in the video published through an
unknown facebook account in the group of university.
Early in the morning, the video was published and viewed by
the most of students of Delhi University. This was a great proof which caused
demonstrations on University roads against the deeds of Professor. Later the
same day, He was arrested and jailed.
A short time later, Professor was released from prison and
came out with only one objective, killing the young lady.
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Rupali and her new friend who became her love, Arjun had a
love rendez-vous. The young lady got ready for their metting and went where
Arjun was supposed to come to pick her up. The time she was waiting for her
beloved, a car arrived near her and kidnaped her. Four men sent by the
professor Mahajan abused the lady, violated her, broken even bottles inside her
genital part, they have vionlatly betten her, removed her cloths... Rupali's
whole body was bleeding. She later lost conscience and fell down. The four guys
check to see if she is really dead as their mission was.
After they left, early in the morning her body was found in
the same place. It was brought to the hospital, her parents arrived the same
day, her best friend was at the hospital together with Arjun and all his
friends, Reheema also did not make exception. After a very long struggle with
life, the young innocent beautiful lady Rupali died. Her parents brought the
corps in the province where she came from. Arjun in his sorrow went towards the
hostel where his belove was living, he unrooted the plant that Rupali planted
her first day at University and went back with it to plant in their home so
that he sees it all days of his life.
II.3 Characters and Characterization A. Main
Characters:
- Rupali Sinha
The young confident, merit-list student from Patna lady of
about 18 years old who left her province after graduating from high-school and
received admission call from top-ranked Delhi University, which was just the
concretization of her life dream. Once arrived in DU, her courage sent her to
take cause of a poor widow lady-Raheema- who was secretly fighting against Prof
Mahajan's sexual arresment.
Her fight succeed in the first semester, but later this costs
her the life. She died after being violated by four men sent by Prof
Mahajan.
- Arjun
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A brave boy whose life was based on fighting negativity on DU.
After being informed about Prof Mahajan's immoral acts towards one of his
relatives, together with Rupali, he fought. But after falling in love with her,
his beloved Rupali was killed by his most known enemy.
- Professor Mahajan
Professor of Accounting in DU. A very bad professor but more
respected at University. He wanted to have sexual intercourse by force with
Reheema, the pon lady who was sweeping his office. When he knew that one of
Universty students was informed about his wiked deeds. He decided to put end to
the life of Rupali. He sent four persons to execute the poor young lady.
B. Minor Characters
- Raheema
A peon worker on DU campus. Asingle mom whose husband died
with cancer. After being taken at University to work in the place of her
husband in order to pay tuition fees of her 15 years old daughter, she was
victim of Prof Mahajan's sexual abuses.
- Solani
A young beautiful modern lady from a very rich family. She was
the room-mate of the hero of the novel-Rupali. A very kind and friendly girl.
- Music Club Members: Shafi, Tenzing, Sheetal, Raghu, Mirza
and Harpreet.
- Rupali's Family: Her father, her mother and
her young brother
- Arjun's Friend.
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II.4 Settings
A. Spacial Setting
Your Dreams Are Mine Now is a Indian novel written by
Ravinder Singht. It discibes life in the top-ranked Indian University, Delhi
University. The whole scenes written in the book took place in the
University.
B. Temporal Setting
This novel was wriiten in 21st century like all
other RAvinder's books, this one was published in 2014. Both days and night
scenes are present in the book.
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Conclusion
The second chapter was about literary analysis of the two
novels studied in this dissertation. The first part of the chapter delt with
the Life and Work of Ravinder Sight and the last part concerned the
Analysis.
First point concerned the life and work of the author who
wrote the two works we analysed in our dissertation: «Can Love Happen
Twice?» and «Your Dreams Are Mine Now». In this part, it have
been clarified that Ravinder Singh who studied Business Administration, after
working for a short time he decided to deel with master studies till he got his
MBA (Master in Business Administration) degree became what he called himself
an author by chance, for he dicided to write the story of is own
lovelife about his girlfriend who died few days before they marry. This story
find in his first novel I Too Had a Love Story touched and still touch
until nowdays the millions of hearts. Thanks to this successful first book,
Ravinder continued writing from that time until he gave up Business matters to
become a full time author.
In December 2018, the time we finished writing this
dissertation, Ravinder has since then publish eight novels and he has open his
own publishing house called Black Ink.
Seeing that I delt with two novels, I separated them so that
readers understand the analysis of each of them. The first novel, Can Love
Happen Twice? is studied in 8 different literary analysis elements which
are: Title, Plot, Characters and Characterization, Settings, Style, Tone, Mood
and Intention. Whereas the second novel is studied in four major points: Title,
Plot, Characters and Characterization and Settings.
CHAPTER THREE NARRATIVE TECHNIQUES IN RAVINDER
SINGH'S CAN LOVE HAPPEN TWICE? AND YOUR DREAMS ARE MINE
NOW.
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