Characters
Narayan novels are mainly novels of characters. His characters may not be as great as that of Shakespeare, but it’s only next to greatest artists. He uses his people from middle class from south India. There are full of life and vitality. They are human in their likes and dislikes and there is nothing extraordinary about them. Strange?
The heroes of Narayan are never drawn in heroic scale. They are average human being and they do not possess extraordinary capabilities. The hero does not control the event. The women character in The Guide who is unhappy with her marriage and she wants to be a dancer.