Would you agree that the author’s grandmother was a person strong in character? If yes, give instances that show this.
The grandmother was a very strong personality. She was a highly religious lady. She was a conservative lady who hated modern views and ways. She had very strong personal likings and dislikes. Being a religious lady and a widow, she could be seen hobbling about the house in a spotless white dress. She used to get up early in the morning. She said her prayers in a monotonous sing-song. One of her hands was always telling the beads of her rosary. She was like the ‘winter landscape in the mountains’. She breathed peace and contentment.
The grandmother was quite rigid in her views. She liked the village school because it was attached to the temple. She sat in the temple reading the scriptures. She hated the English school in the city for various reasons. She was unhappy that there was no teaching about God and the scriptures there. She was quite disturbed. They gave music lessons at the school. To her music was meant only for harlots and beggars and not for ‘gentlefolk’.
It is quite difficult to show complete agreement with her outdated views. But she was a strong and determined character. She led her own kind of life and never compromised with her principles. She loved the narrator deeply but never tried to be sentimental or emotional.
