Highlighting Symbolism in Ruskin Bond’s novel The Blue Umbrella

This paper aims at studying various symbols used by Ruskin Bond in his novella The Blue Umbrella. The writer has beautifully embellished his novel with symbols; thus conveying his thoughts. In literature, symbols are manifestations of ideas and attributes that give meaning to writer’s imagination. To comprehend the meaning of symbols in a given text, one has to delve deep into their meaning. The Blue Umbrella, primarily a novel for children, is loaded with rich symbols and imagery and the paper discusses the symbols used by Ruskin Bond in this novella.