Surrival and Identity in Adversities ; An Existential Reading of Badami's The Hero's Walk

Abstract

Abstract The Hero’s Walk by Anita Rau Badami exposes the protagonist’s struggle for existence in the society. The protagonist searches meaning and orders through struggle, amid the sorrow and pain without complain. Other characters of the novel also seek a way for freedom in order to create their identity. With sorrows and pains, he seeks for the value and meanings of life out of such dilapidation, which enables him to overcome the anguish and contingency. He gets rich feeling of his own existence after he undergoes struggles throughout his life. Sripathi Rao, the protagonist of the novel, faces different problems but he never tires and surrenders, rather he faces these problems one after another which shows his existential struggle for creating meaning in his