• P JOSE
• Dr. C. Divya

People are constantly shaped by environmental factors such as parents, family, friends, education, employment, culture, religion, economic status, and political ideology. All these will impact one’s values, beliefs, attitudes, worldview, thoughts, behaviours, and lifestyle. The micro-environment in particular has the power to transform people positively or negatively as it includes one’s parents, friends, educational setting, religious beliefs etc. Krishnan in The English Teacher went through various stages in life such as a happy bachelor, married man, father, and family man. However, he was impacted heavily by the loss of his wife, loss of touch with reality, the need to take care of his daughter, and finding his purpose in life. People and events in his immediate environment shaped his thoughts, values, and actions. His wife’s death forced him to move away from his regular life and lose track of his employment, family, and himself. In the end, he was able to gather himself and find a new meaning in his life. He learned that everything in life had no meaning with the help of his religious practices that helped him find his real self. Krishnan is a typical example of people who would be influenced by the interaction between all the factors within the microenvironment. Bronfenbrenner’s mesosystem brings out this interplay between two or more factors within the microsystem.

R.K.Narayan, The English Teacher, Urie Bronfenbrenner, Ecological Systems Theory, Meso-environment, Krishnan

"The Influence of Mesosystem on Krishnan in The English Teacher - An Ecological Systems Approach", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.10, Issue 5, page no.d545-d551, May-2023, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2305374.pdf

"The Influence of Mesosystem on Krishnan in The English Teacher - An Ecological Systems Approach", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.10, Issue 5, page no. ppd545-d551, May-2023, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2305374.pdf