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    Fritz, a Swiss doll was Jayanto’s childhood companion but they were made to part due to an unfortunate incident. One day, Jayanto, when he was young, was sitting out on the lawn having tea, with Fritz by his side. He was not old enough to have tea by himself and despite his parents’ protests, he insRead more

    Fritz, a Swiss doll was Jayanto’s childhood companion but they were made to part due to an unfortunate incident. One day, Jayanto, when he was young, was sitting out on the lawn having tea, with Fritz by his side. He was not old enough to have tea by himself and despite his parents’ protests, he insisted on having tea all by himself. In this process, the cup titled and some of the hot tea fell on his pants. He had gone back inside to change them and when he came out, Fritz was gone. After searching, Jayanto had found that a couple of stray dogs were having a nice tug-of-war with Fritz. Fritz, at that time, was battered beyond recognition and his clothes were torn. For Jayanto, Fritz was dead and he gave him a nice burial beneath the deodar tree.

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    Memory plays an important role in this story. It is because of the memory of his childhood, Jayanto wanted to visit Bundi. Each actions are pushed forward through remembrance of the past. Memory sets the tone of the story from the beginning to the end. Memory of Fritz puts a fear in Jayanto’s mind aRead more

    Memory plays an important role in this story. It is because of the memory of his childhood, Jayanto wanted to visit Bundi. Each actions are pushed forward through remembrance of the past. Memory sets the tone of the story from the beginning to the end. Memory of Fritz puts a fear in Jayanto’s mind and the lost-in-thought mood continues throughout the story.

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    Perhaps the alternate ending of the story could be something like when Jayanto saw the twelve-inch-long, perfectly white human skeleton in the ground, he could actually remember that Fritz was not actually a toy but a boy. His sub-conscious mind had created a toy for the small boy from his childhoodRead more

    Perhaps the alternate ending of the story could be something like when Jayanto saw the twelve-inch-long, perfectly white human skeleton in the ground, he could actually remember that Fritz was not actually a toy but a boy. His sub-conscious mind had created a toy for the small boy from his childhood due to some mishap that had occurred.

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    The climax of the story happens at the very end when the dig up the ground, where Jayanto had buried his twelve-inch-long battered doll, called as Fritz, only to see a twelve-inch-long, perfectly white human skeleton. Read summary of Fritz by Satyajit Ray

    The climax of the story happens at the very end when the dig up the ground, where Jayanto had buried his twelve-inch-long battered doll, called as Fritz, only to see a twelve-inch-long, perfectly white human skeleton.

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    Memory plays an important role in this story. It is because of the memory of his childhood, Jayanto wanted to visit Bundi. Each actions are pushed forward through remembrance of the past. Memory sets the tone of the story from the beginning to the end. Memory of Fritz puts a fear in Jayanto’s mind aRead more

    Memory plays an important role in this story. It is because of the memory of his childhood, Jayanto wanted to visit Bundi. Each actions are pushed forward through remembrance of the past. Memory sets the tone of the story from the beginning to the end. Memory of Fritz puts a fear in Jayanto’s mind and the lost-in-thought mood continues throughout the story.

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    The narrator and Jayanto had been close friends since childhood and for a very long time they had been planning to go on a trip together. Finally they decided to go to Bundi. Jayanto had been excited to go to Bundi as he would be returning to the place where he grew up, as an adult. Jayanto and theRead more

    The narrator and Jayanto had been close friends since childhood and for a very long time they had been planning to go on a trip together. Finally they decided to go to Bundi. Jayanto had been excited to go to Bundi as he would be returning to the place where he grew up, as an adult. Jayanto and the narrator, Shankar stayed up at a circuit house and slowly, Jayanto’s memories of his childhood started coming back to him. One day while taking a stroll in the garden, he suddenly remembered a particular deodar tree and went in search of it. Shankar then asked him why was he searching for the tree, to which Jayanto replied that he didn’t know that but the fact that there was some connection with the tree. In the evening, Jayanto recalled the whole business about the doll. His uncle had bought him a twelve-inch-long Swiss doll, who went with the name Fritz. Though he had many toys in his childhood, Fritz had been the closest companion to Jayanto. They were inseparable and he talked to and treated Fritz as a fellow human being. One day, he found that some dogs were playing tug-of-war with Fritz, who became destroyed beyond recognition and Jayanto buried him underneath the deodar tree. Later that night, when they were sleeping, the narrator woke up at a slight noise and saw Jayanto already sitting up. On asking him what was wrong, Jayanto had replied that he woke up as something had walked over his chest. In the next morning, Jayanto remained restless and agitated. Shankar asked him what the matter was to which Jayanto said that Fritz had come to his room last night and it was him who walked over Jayanto’s chest. To ease his friend’s mind, Shankar came up with an idea. He said they should go dig up the spot beneath the tree where Fritz was buried and show Jayanto the remains of the doll to prove him what he was imagining was all in his head. They found a gardener who agreed to do the digging. However, when the ground was dug, all they saw a twelve-inch-long, perfectly white human skeleton lying on the ground.

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    The circuit house in Bundi was really rather splendid. It was built during the time of British, so it must have been at least a hundred years old. Read summary of Fritz by Satyajit Ray

    The circuit house in Bundi was really rather splendid. It was built during the time of British, so it must have been at least a hundred years old.

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    The circuit house in Bundi was really rather splendid. It was built during the time of the British, so it must have been atleast a hundred years old. It was a single-storeyed building with a sloping high tiled roof. The rooms had high ceilings and the skylights had high, dangling ropes which could bRead more

    The circuit house in Bundi was really rather splendid. It was built during the time of the British, so it must have been atleast a hundred years old. It was a single-storeyed building with a sloping high tiled roof. The rooms had high ceilings and the skylights had high, dangling ropes which could be pulled to open and shut them. The veranda faced the East. Right opposite it was a huge garden with a large number of roses in full bloom. Behind those were a lot of trees which obviously housed a vast section of local birds like parrots and peacocks.

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    The narrator, Shankar is a close friend of the protagonist, Jayanto. They have gone to the same school and college. Shankar now teaches in a school. Shankar is a loving and kind person. He sticks up for his friend and doesn’t for once makes fun of him when irrational fear grips hold of Jayanto. He iRead more

    The narrator, Shankar is a close friend of the protagonist, Jayanto. They have gone to the same school and college. Shankar now teaches in a school. Shankar is a loving and kind person. He sticks up for his friend and doesn’t for once makes fun of him when irrational fear grips hold of Jayanto. He is calm and composed and thinks of a reasonable solution to dig up the old burial spot. Shankar is a humble, practical and caring friend of Jayanto as seen though the story.

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    This story portrays Satyajit Ray’s intense penchant for paranormal and supernaturalism. The main theme revolves around friendship and supernaturals. The supernatural incident of finding the skeleton of a twelve-inch boy instead of finding the remains of a doll left the reader speechless. The endingRead more

    This story portrays Satyajit Ray’s intense penchant for paranormal and supernaturalism. The main theme revolves around friendship and supernaturals. The supernatural incident of finding the skeleton of a twelve-inch boy instead of finding the remains of a doll left the reader speechless. The ending is that of an open ending and it raises many questions of paranormal activities as how can a doll become a human.

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