Morality of Ordinary Tamil People in the Real Tamil Stories of Twentieth Century

Abstract

Real stories always contain humanistic elements and it is appealing to ordinary people. Realism and short stories are the gift of nineteenth century. Realism is written in ordinary dialects and is based on ordinary human action, truth, degeneration and contradiction. Realistic stories are based on the life of ordinary people who is facing numerous problems. These stories are about the people who lost their unity, isolated away from family and caste. Contradictions among these people appears when they oppose the superstitious beliefs, norms and social sentiments. They act according to their nature and they never bow down to ordinary norms and practices. Vavesu Iyer’s “Kulathankarai Arasamaram” is a short story highlights the bankrupt of the British company which broke the dreams of countless middle-class people, the deterioration of the family life. This happened around 1910. Writer Puthumaipithan in his story “Ponakaram” tells ‘the world is different, dharmas are also different’. Indra Parthasarathy’s text “Kadhal Poar Viyabaram” depicts the rise of indiscipline among people during globalization. The text also implies that not all the people lost their moral values.