Premchand’s novels are filled with all kinds of powerful characters from all levels of society.” Support the statement by giving suitable examples.
The above statement is true. His characters are drawn from all levels of society. His characters include aristocrats and landlords, middle level peasants, landless labourers, middle class professionals and people from margins of society. The women characters are strong individuals, especially those who come from the lower classes and- are not modernised. His characters create a community based on democratic values. In his Rangbhoomi, Surdas, an ‘untouchable’ is hero who struggles against the forcible take over of his land for establishing a tobacco factory. This reflects the impact of industrialisation on society and people. The story of Surdas was inspired by Gandhi’s personality and ideas. Thus, novel played significant role in the nation making. His novel Sewasadan deals with the poor condition of women in society as well as tells us how the upper classes used the opportunities they got to govern themselves. Godan (the Gift of Cow), published in 1936 is Premchand’s best known work. It is an epic of the Indian peasantry. It is about the story of Hori and his wife Dhania, a peasant couple and landlords, moneylenders, priests and colonial bureaucrats.’These people rob their land and make them into landless labourers but they retain their dignity to the end
