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The Lagoon (short story)



"The Lagoon" is a short story by Joseph Conrad composed in 1896.  The story is about a white man, referred to as "Tuan".
               Tuan with other boatmen comes to meet Arsat, his old friend in lagoon. The other boatman were not ready to go to Arsat’s place because by seeing the lagoon they got scared also because it was night and the boatman were not ready to go. So Tuan decides to move alone to Arsat’s place by taking his necessary things from the boat.(love u prati) Tuan class Rasta from outside of his house but he does not responds so Tuan goes inside and meets Arsat but instead of greeting him he asks him whether he has any medicine with him and Tuan says he has no medicine. He further asks why he wanted it.Arsat says that his wife is ill and her body temperature is like flame. Tuan watches her and says Arsat that he is doubtful whether she will be able to live or not. Arsat had almost became like a statue just thinking about Diamelen. Tuan burns wood outside his house and sits beside it to warm himself. At that moment Arsat narrates his flash back that how he met Diamelen and selfishly betrayed his own brother
Arsat narrates that he along with his brother used to work at Malay Kingdom. Arsat and his brother were sword bearers of the Rajah. Both were very courageous and close to each other. Both of them belonged to the lower class  of the society. Diamelen was the servant of the Inchi Midah, the wife of Rajah. when Arsat saw Diamelen, he fell in love with her so much that he forgot everything about his wife and about his love for his brother. Arsat knew that royal family will never allow and accept their relationship. Arsat’s brother advised him to elope with Diamelen. All three of them elopes from the kingdom but it was not easy to escape from Malay kingdom and Inchi Midah’s hold. The solders of kingdom follow till the boat where Arsat and Diamelen had planned to escape. When Arsat’s brother saw that it was getting difficult to elope with Diamelen while his brother was fighting with the soldiers but it was getting difficult for him to fight because there were too many soldiers and it was getting difficult for him to fight because there were too many soldiers and it was not possible to fight alone. Finally soldiers grasp him. He even shouts and calls Arsat for help but arsat knowingly ignores his calls and elope .he is killed the soldiers. Arsat and Diamelen by the help of the Fisherman’s boat took shelter in the lagoon
                         Tuan hears the story of arsat and arsat had almost become statue thinking about his wife. Arsat says that he feels guilty for what he has done with his brother.(love u prati)He says that he should not had ignored his calls and leave him alone to fight. Arsat says that he was blind in the love of Diamelen so much that he ignored his brother and now she is dying I front of his eyes and able to do nothing. She is leaving him. Arsat sometimes he goes inside his house and finds that Diamelen had died .he cries and comes out of the house and says that she died to Tuan.Tuan watches arsat and understands that arsat is in trouble .Tuan advised him to come with him and start a new life. But arsat because of his guilty rejects his advice and says that he has done very wrong with his brother. (love u prati) He says that he wanted to live here and god might not forgive him for his sin. “Boss valo toh” Arsat wanted to repent for what he has done and decides to live in the lagoon. His advices Tuan to go back alone.atlast Tuan leaves and arsat is left all alone in his lagoon

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