• UTTIYA SARKAR

Abstract- The world of animals is abundant in the fictions of Ruskin Bond. They are characterized by their behaviour which represent human like behaviour in close relation to the author himself and other characters created by him. Yet visitors visiting the author at his home in Mussourie feels disappointed not to find any bats hanging from his ceiling or any mice under the mattress. This proves that all the animals in the fictions of Bond are basically mere creations of his imaginations framed from his observations of the landscape in the lap of the Himalayas. The present paper proposes to discuss some of the animal characters from Bond’s selections and their characterizations.

Keywords – Nature, child, insects, animals, birds, grandfather, zoo.

"Animal Kingdom in the Fictional Works of Ruskin Bond", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 1, page no.415-418, January-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1901958.pdf

"Animal Kingdom in the Fictional Works of Ruskin Bond", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 1, page no. pp415-418, January-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1901958.pdf