Analysis of Novel : Just One Word, LOVE

Analysis of Novel : Just One Word, LOVE

By : Vishvendra Singh Tomar

 

A.    INTRODUCTION

The title of this novel is Just One Word, Love. The author of this novel is Vishvendra Singh Tomar from India. He is a student of Mechanical Engineering in Delhi Technological University. This novel is published in December 10^th, 2012. This novel has 195 pages. This is a fiction full of emotions, trust, ups and downs, pleasure, enjoyment, sentiments, hatred, love, care, achievements, sacrifices, compromises, visions, needs, promises, affection and a lot that comes along with the life of a boy who has everything except ‘LOVE’. 'Just One Word, LOVE' is a story of 13 cigarettes, defining the words 'LOVE' and 'LIFE'. It will be a complete package of Love, Emotions, Suspense, Life, sacrifices, Death, Music, Loneliness, Anger, Cheer, celebration, sports a lot. For the language use of this novel is intermediate level. Vishvendra Singh Tomar also has another novel, entitled Simply A Tomar that is published in December 10^th, 2011, when he is in Children’s Academy in Ghaziabad, India.

B.     SUMMARY

This novel tells about a man named Chirag who thinks he never get loves from his parents and friends. However, actually he does not know what the meaning of love itself is. From Senior High School until in University he thinks he never get the word “LOVE” by his parents. His father always goes to the other city for his businesses and his mother always does the world tour. So, he is always alone in his home. He thinks there is no people love him in this world.

When he was in Senior High School, he had a best friend named Mayank. Chirag regarded Mayank as his brother. They were always together. They participated in the school football tournament. They represented their school. In that tournament, their team won. There were very happy. Nevertheless, after the final exam of Senior High School, Mayank became different.  He kept away from Chirag. Evidently, it was because Mayank’ score was lower than Chirag so that he was jealous to Chirag. Then, he won’t to make friendship with Chirag. Chirag felt very disappointed to Mayang. Chirag thought Mayank should not to avoid him just because Mayank got lower score from him. He might not break the good relationship between them because of it only. Because of this, Chirag felt he would be alone again after his parents rarely gathered together and now he would lose his friend. He was very sad.

After graduated from High School, he went to the University named AIT (Alpha Institute of Technology). When he went to register his name in that collage, he saw other students were accompanied by their parents. He was very jealous actually because he was just accompanied by a driver although his driver just waited in the car. But, he did not care about it because it always happened to him from High School.  In the dorm of college, Chirag had two roommates, Arjun and Deepak. They were very kind friends for Chirag. Chirag felt happy when he was in that dorm. He was not alone. But, when he came to his house for holiday of the end of semester, he was very lonely. His parents were not at home. They were in other country. So, he called his home as a graveyard. In that university, Chirag was falling in love with Dhirsty so much. He won’t to lose her. But, Arjun also loved Dhirsty and vice versa. Arjun wanted to propose Dhirsty. However, before Arjun proposed Dhirsty, he thought he had to propose first. The day before he wanted to propose Dhirsty, for the first time his father called Chirag by phone. His father said that his mother had passed away. He felt very sad. He forgot about proposing Dhirsty. He directly went to his house to see his mother. In there, he knew that his mother went to abroad just for a walk around the world before she died. She wanted to be accompanied by his husband without telling his beloved son because she did not want to make her son become sad because of her illness. She got a cancer. From that, he knew what LOVE is exactly. Obviously, all the time he never lost loves from his parents, especially his mother’s love. His parents’ love always accompanied him everywhere and every time.

After two months in his house, Chirag went back to the college. He was very happy because he was accompanied by his father for the first time. Arrived at collage, Deepak told him that Arjun had proposed Dhirsty. Then, he met Dhirsty and told that she was very lucky to life with Arjun because Arjun is a good person. She would be happy with Arjun. Although he loved Dhirsty very much, but he did not want to lose his best friend (Arjun) again after he lost Mayank. So, he sacrificed his heart to Dhirsty for maintaining his friendship with Arjun and also Deepak. Moreover, he thought he was never alone because his parents’ loves were always with him especially his mother’s so that he never felt lonely.

In short, after he graduated from university, he worked in his father’s company. After a long time he worked, his health was fall so that he often did check up to the doctor. Evidently, he got blood cancer. It was because he often smoked. He thought that cigarette is his true love because it never leaves him until he dies. So, he often used it.

One day, a milkman knocked the room no. 13 in an apartment but the door was not opened. So, he called policemen. Then, policemen battered down the door. What was happened? They found a male dead body that was floating in the bath tub, with no clothes on the upper part and a very costly jeans covering lower part, with blood flowing from nose, mouth a  cigarette bud in his hand, like he had grasped that bud very tightly before death. Obviously, he was CHIRAG.

C.    CHARACTER AND CHARACTERIZATION

There are some characters in this novel. They are:

1.      Chirag (Sahab Ji)

Chirag is a main character in this novel. He is a protagonist. He is a very good person and friend for the others. He always helps his friends. He is also the strong person. He sacrifices his heart for his best friend. He loves Dhirsti, but his best friend, Arjun also loves Dhirst. However, Chirag suggests to Dhirsti to love Arjun because Arjun is a good person and she will be happy with Arjun.

2.      Mayank

Mayank is not a good friend. Firstly, he is a best friend for Chirag when they are in High School. However, Mayank become different after the final exam, Mayank has lower score than Chirag. He is jealous from Chirag and he won’t to make relation with Chirag only because Chirag has higher score in exam than him. So, he avoids Chirag.

3.      Arjun

Arjun is a Chirag’s classmate and also roommate in a dorm in their college. He is a best friend for Chirag in the University. His father is Dhirsti’s father partner in businesses. He loves Dhirsti that Chirag loves. In the end of the novel, he marries with Dhirsti.

4.      Deepak

Deepak is a roommate of Chirag and Arjun in the collage. He is the different one that has different program from Chirag and Arjun. Deepak is in Mechanical Engineering, while Arjun and Chirag are in ECE Department. He is a sissy person. He always tears when he remember his parents. When his parents want to back home after accompany him to the dormitory, he tears like a 4 years boy.

5.      Dhirsti

Dhirsti is a classmate of Arjun and Chirag in ECE Department. His father is a Arjun’s father partner in some businesses. She is a good friend. She always helps Chirag when he needs helps. Also, she always amuses Chirag when he feels sad. In the end of novel, she marries with Arjun, because she thinks Chirag has not loved her.

D.    SETTING

The story is happened in some places, but the real place is in an apartment, 13^th floor, House No. 13-m in Mayur Vihar, India. This story is happened in December 13^th, 2012 at 11:00 p.m. when the police find a male dead body was floating in the bath tub, with no clothes on the upper part and a very costly jeans covering lower part, with blood flowing from nose, mouth and a 13th cigarette bud in his hand. The situation of the story is very mysterious when some policemen come to that apartment.

E.     CONFLICT

There are some conflicts that we can find in this novel:

1.      Person vs Person

It proves when Mayank broke the good relationship from Chirag, just because he gets lower final exam’s score than Chirag. Therefore, Chirag dislikes him. He thinks he may not become jealous about that, because to make a good relationship we should not assess it from how good a person has exam’s score and how rich that person.

2.      Person vs Self

It proves when Chirag suggests Dhirsti to love Arjun although he loves Dhirsti so much. Chirag sacrifices his heart to make his best friend happy. He won’t to make his best friend feeling sad and other word he won’t to lose his best friend again.

F.     MORAL VALUE

1.      We have to make a good relationship by using heart not to see how rich them and also how clever them.

2.      As a child, we have to believe that what our parents do, it is always for us not the others. So, we cannot judge them.

3.      Love is not only for our girlfriend, but also it is for our friend and of course our parents.

G.    CONCLUSION

This novel Just One Word, Love is a good novel to know what is love exactly. For the good people, you are recommended to read this novel. From this, you can find what true friendship itself is. Also, this novel assures that our parents always love us. There are no parents do not like their children although when they are far. PARENTS’ LOVE ALWAYS ACCOMPANIES THEIR CHILD EVERYWHERE AND EVERY TIME.

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