Various interpretations in One Night @ the
Call Center
Name:-
Charmi Vyas
Roll No:- 3
Sem:- 4
Paper Name:-
The New Literature
Topic:- Various
interpretations in One Night @ the Call Center
Submitted
To:- Department of English Bhavnagar University
Introduction:
Chetan Bhagat:
Chetan Bhagat is one of the great Indian writers. Chetan Bhagat in his
books always writes about the young India. In his books he always writes about
the problem in Indian society. Chetan Bhagat also who is a best seller of his
books.
Bhagat
is also columnist for newspaper such as “The Times of India” and “Dainik
Bhaskar”, where he writes about the youth career development and current
affairs. “The New York” times called him as “The biggest selling English
language novelist in India’s history”.
Time
magazine named him amongst the 100 most influential people in the world and
fast company, U. S. A. listed him as one of the world’s 100 most creative
people in business. In the novels he uses very simple language so that reader
can easily understand and prefers to read more.
Bhagat’s
novels have been adapted into Bollywood films like, 2 States, 3 idiots, Kai po
che!, Hello, etc.
His Works:
1. Five
point some one
2. The 3 mistakes
of my life
3. 2 states
4. One Night @ the
Call Center
5. Revolution 2020
6. What young
India Wants
7. Half girlfriend
Introduction:
One Night
@ the Call center
One
Night @ the Call Center is one of the novels written by Chetan Bhagat. The
novel published in 2005. In this novel Bhagat talks about the call center
where there are six character are working, Gurgaon, Haryana in the
novel.
The
characters of the novel are: Shyam, Varun, Esha, Priyanka, Radhika and Military
Uncle. They are working in call center which is Connexion call center All the
character faces the problems in their family. One night they get call from God
and God said them to listen your inner voice of your heart. All the characters
inspired by the call of God.
The
story takes a dramatic and decisive turn through a literal Deux ex Machina,
when the character receives a phone call from God.
Let’s discus
various elements of this novel like
Ø Mannepean satire:
Ø The effect of
Globalization
Ø Popular Literature
Ø Self help book
Ø Nationalism
Ø Cyber Punk
Self help Book
SSSelf help book is about moral lesson, solution of problems and also
helpful for build personal philosophy. The meaning of Self-Help Book is to self
improvement, Genre% non fictional book. Self4help books often focus on popular psychology such as romantic
relationship, or aspects of the mind and human behaviour&n On@tcc God’s call it shows the moral massage and it developed self&confidence of characters.
hHere we see that all character present the real life situation, of the
people. In the story we see that character of Shyam,,who almost lost his love. Character of Radhika is in an unhappy marriage
with demanding mother in law. Character of Military Uncle, who wants to talk to
his grandson&&Character of Mr.Bakshi, who boss of
the call center, all hate them because of their cruel and somehow sadist behaviour77
sWe see that all character suffer in their life. Also these all problems
we find in our real life and also in the society. With help of the type of book
we find solution of the problem. Chetan Bhagat’s present the real life
situation of the people and how they all manage the life.
We can say that
Chetan's God becomes a mouthpiece for his self help - 'listen to the inner
call'. It is about inner call or inner voice. A self-help book is one that is
written with the intention to instruct its readers on solving personal problems&God’s call it is a kind of a help, or it can be interpreted in many
ways. God’s call pays the path, he shows just the path, but then all characters
help themselves. In this way we can take this book as a self phelp book also.
ü God's message to
the group
ü Four things needed
for success&
ü ‐ a medium amount of intelligence$
ü ‐ a bit of imagination%
ü ‐ self‐confidence&
ü ‐ Facing, suffering failure<>
Chetan Bhagat book
One Night @ the Call Center. We see that how Chetan Bhagat present the people
life situation&In the story we see that all
character suffer in their life. Many problems in their life. But then they all
live in the life.
Cyberpunk:-
Cyberpunk is a postmodern
science fiction genre. Cyber Punk connected with science and technology. It
features higher science, such as information technology and cybernetics,
coupled with a degree of breakdown or radical change in the social order&Cyberpunk plots often center on a conflict among hackers, artificial
intelligences, and Mega Corporation, The characters deals with cyber
technology. Vroom hacks Bakshi's email and writes email to Esah on his behalf.
The American's are terrorized with the help of bug in MS Office as
virus attack on Internet . In the world of technology heroes are hiker like
Shyam. Machine is controlling human beings. Bakshi controlling heroes and other
high teach and law life. Character dealing with&Bug, FM radio,
Email, Internet (computer). So we can say it classify as Cyber punk novel.
Nationalism:-
One Night @ the
Call Center writer introduces a young India and their problems. This novel is
show the Nationalism.
In the novel
characters working in the call center and their bay’s name is “Western
Appliances Strategic Group” or WASG. They deal with the customers of home
appliances such as refrigerator, so deals with American customers. Vroom’s
ideas are very anti American so he says that,
“Americans suck the life blood out of
our country’s most productive generation”
Ø Call to alarm to
India&
Ø Politicians><
Ø “I should not have
taken up a job just for money” – Vroom><
Ø Priyanka reject Mr.
Microsoft><
Ø Dead weight of
corporate life
Ø Radhika divorce
cheating husband
Ø Shyam Mehre needs
to stop being ‘Sam Marcy’
The genre of Menippean satire is a form
of satire, usually in prose, which has a length and structure similar to a
novel and is characterized by attacking mental attitudes rather than specific
individuals or entities.><menippean
satire derives from the philosopher Menippus (3rd century B.C.), but it was
identified as a specific genre by the Roman satirist Varro,>< older contemporary of Horace whose works
exist only in fragmentary form.
><><Menippean satire is a form of satire, usually in prose, which has a
length and structure similar to a novel. Mannepean Satire is a seriocomic
genre. In the novel we find that these characters suffer from the problems in
their life. In this novel Bhagat’s represent the idea of bossism that><the boss of call centre who has a power over these six characters. And
God making a call Marriage of two different characters Radhika and
Priyanka.
><Priyanka has problem with her mother that she tries to be free from the
restrictions that was leads towards The Menippean satire where profession is
important than the family so we can say that the time of modernization and
globalization, because of that, some traditional ideas are satirized.
The effect of Globalization In this
novel also describe the struggle of each of the character‘s life. As
globalization was economic movement. In it we find man corporate><Friedam’s the world is Flat’ is non fictional book. The title of the
novel itself tells about the effect of globalization in call center. Novel is
based on the working people in Call Centre. Bhagat wants to give message
to the Indians that who working in call center they just get good salary but it
not give it opportunity to do something
else or for their skills and creativity><
cChetan Bhagat is such a budding novelist who considers it his
responsibility to appeal the young generation in India by writing a novel based
on the call center, which is a gift of globalization. Although call center is
considered as a boon for India which is facing the problem of unemployment,
Chetan Bhagat through this novel is trying to give a message that the Indians,
instead of relying on the western countries, should explore
own creativity and potentialities. The present paper highlights the
influence of call center, which is a child of globalization, on the
personal, social, moral, intellectual and cultural relations of the call center
employees.
ggGlobalization is that Indian youth are getting good job opportunities in
western countries. It is a thing of pride that the companies like Microsoft
cannot think about their business without taking into consideration the Indian
software engineers.
AAAmericanized><><form of English in Call Centers, Workers forced to change their names to
Western one
E.g. like,
Shyam
Mehra – Sam Mercy
Varun Malhotra - Victor
Radhika Jha – Regima Jones
Esha singh – Elina
One of the bright sides of
globalization is that Indian><youth are getting
good job opportunities in western countries.
PPP Popular Literature:-
Chetan Bhagat is
popular write of the age in his work he use simple language that is very easy
to understand for the reader><><His books appeal to
the reader widely accepted by the youngsters. This novel there is some of
situation and like supernatural things that not happened in reality or real
life. In One Night @ Call center in,
· G GOD’s Call
· M More familiar or accepted moral teaching.
· <Highly reflective of philosophy of life.
· <Narrative technique.
· Mystic element and
supernatural elements, like the end of the novel.
Ø Conclusion:-
In short, this novel deals with the theme of Deus ex Machina, Human
Relations, Strategic, Love, Sex and Marriage><The aim of
Bhagat’s is to convey a message to the people of India from the situation of
the characters like the harshness of the situation of women in India.
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