Character Sketch of Man, Wife, Thief and Kotwal Rama from Class 6 English Poorvi Book Unit 1 – Fables and Folk Tales Chapter 3 Rama to the Rescue

A character sketch defines what the character is like and how he/she evolves or develops throughout the story. In this post you can find the Character Sketch of Man, Wife, Thief and Kotwal Rama from Class 6 English Poorvi Book Unit 1 – Fables and Folk Tales Chapter 3 Rama to the Rescue.

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Overview of the lesson

‘Rama to the Rescue’ is a folk tale from Tamil Nadu. The script was written by Louis M. Fernandes and illustrated by Ram Waeerkar. Fernandes kept the language of the folk tale simple, using a contracted form of words. He used many interrogative and exclamatory sentences.

In ‘Rama to the Rescue’, as the title suggests, the main character of the folk tale is Rama. He is the only character who has a name. Fernandes artfully used the theme of individuality and identity, by giving a name to the village Kotwal. The name gives him power and identity over the other unnamed characters. However, Fernandes ironically questions this power, as the couple played an important role in getting the thief arrested. The thief got past Rama, without his knowledge. Only when the couple called out to him did he arrest the thief. The title ‘Rama to the Rescue’ highlights the glory of the people in power, while the couple who played an equal role in getting the thief arrested were neglected.

Character Sketch of Man

After his wife alerted him about the thief, he hatched the plan to catch hold of the thief. He told his wife to lie down and started a conversation about the child’s name. He kept extending the area where the child could be on the pretext that his wife could raise her voice to call out to Kotwal Rama. It’s his cleverness and wife’s perfect execution of his plan that eventually helped them to arrest the thief.

Important Questions related to the character:
Q1. How did the man get rid of the thief?
Q2. Whom did he call for help and why?

Character Sketch of Wife

The wife’s alertness saved their house from getting robbed. She was the one who alerted her husband about the noises outside their home. She told him to be quiet and listen to the noises. When they get to know about the thief, her husband hatches the plan to catch the thief. She even executed her husband’s plan perfectly, without making the thief doubt their silly conversation and eventually got the thief arrested.

Important Questions related to the character:
Q1. What qualities of the wife enabled her to get rid of the thief?

Character Sketch of Thief

He comes to the couple’s house to rob them but ends up listening to their conversation, in the hope they will discuss where they have kept their money. After listening to their ‘silly’ conversation, he wanted them to fall asleep. The thief wasn’t smart enough and got tricked by them. The wife was calling out to Kotwal Rama but the thief thought it was a ‘silly game’ which turned out to be a smart move against him, eventually helping them to get him arrested.

Important Questions related to the character:
Q1. What made the thief get tricked easily?

Character Sketch of Kotwal Rama

The only character in the story who has a name. Moreover, the title is also after his name. He is the kotwal of the village. The man’s wife was calling out his name on the pretext of their conversation related to the child. The Kotwal came running after he heard her voice and saw that the thief had dug his way into their house. In the end, he arrested the thief. 

Important Questions related to the character:
Q1. What role did the Kotwal play in the story?
Q2. What traits enabled the Kotwal to help the couple?

Character Sketch by: Deepali Khurana