Coolie Mind Map UGC NET English Literature

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Coolie: Character Mind Map & Summary

The key characters of Mulk Raj Anand's Coolie (1936), grouped into branches, with the key episodes, a quick summary and the exam facts that come up again and again in UGC NET.

✍️ Mulk Raj Anand📅 1936📍 Bilaspur, Sham Nagar, Daulatpur, Bombay, Simla📖 Social Realist Novel

The Character Mind Map

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The VillageSham NagarDaulatpurBombay & Simla

The Protagonist

Munoo

A fourteen-year-old orphan boy from the Kangra hills. Sent to work as a servant, he moves across India from job to job, and at every step he is exploited by the rich and the powerful.

Fate: dies of tuberculosis in Simla, aged about fifteen

👑 The Village

Bilaspur

Daya RamMunoo's uncle

Role: A chaprasi in a bank who takes him away from the village to work as a servant.

GujriMunoo's aunt

Role: Treats him harshly.

🏠 Sham Nagar

The servant's life

Babu Nathoo RamA bank clerk

Role: Munoo's first master.

BibijiThe Babu's wife

Role: A sharp-tongued mistress who beats and starves him.

🤝 Daulatpur

The pickle factory

Prabha DayalFactory owner

Role: Kind and fatherly; he treats Munoo as a son.

Outcome: Ruined by his partner

GanpatPrabha's partner

Role: Cheats Prabha and ruins the business.

⚖️ Bombay & Simla

The city & the hills

HariA coolie from the hills

Role: Takes Munoo to work in the Bombay cotton mill.

RatanA wrestler and union man

Role: Leads the workers' strike.

Mrs MainwaringAn Anglo-Indian woman

Role: Hits Munoo with her car and takes him to Simla as a servant and rickshaw-puller.

Memory Hook

One simple pattern to remember the whole work.

VillageKangra hills · Free child➜ Sent away to work

TownsSham Nagar & Daulatpur · Servant and factory boy➜ Cruelty and kindness

CitiesBombay & Simla · Mill-hand and rickshaw-puller➜ Death by consumption

Key Episodes

The turning points examiners love to ask about.

1Leaving homehis uncle takes him to Sham Nagar to be a servant

2Running awayafter trouble with the Babu's family he jumps on a train to Daulatpur

3The pickle factoryPrabha Dayal's kindness ends in ruin

4Bombayhe works at the cotton mill and sleeps on the pavement

5Strike and riotthe union strike turns into a Hindu-Muslim riot

6Simlastruck by Mrs Mainwaring's car, he becomes her servant, then falls ill

Quick Summary

The story, stage by stage.

Part 1Village to Town

Munoo leaves the hills and works as a servant in Sham Nagar.
He is beaten and humiliated by Bibiji.

Part 2Daulatpur

He runs away; Prabha Dayal gives him work and love.
Ganpat's cheating destroys the factory.

Part 3Bombay

He travels with a circus elephant's keeper to Bombay.
He works in the mill and sees the misery of the coolies.

Part 4The Riot

The strike is broken by a communal riot.
Munoo runs for his life and is hit by a car.

Part 5Simla

He pulls Mrs Mainwaring's rickshaw up the hills.
Weakened by work, he dies of tuberculosis.

Must-Know Exam Facts

Quick points for UGC NET, SET and PGT.

Picaresque

A picaresque journey across India; each town shows a different form of exploitation.

Theme

Anand says Munoo is a victim of class, not caste; money divides human beings.

Contrast

Compare Untouchable (one day, one place, caste) with Coolie (many places, years, class).

Death

Munoo dies of consumption (tuberculosis), a symbol of how society drains the poor.

Style

Social realism, Marxist ideas, and Hindi/Punjabi idioms translated into English.

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