A COMARISON OF ISOLATION This essay compares the theme of isolation in the novels "Fire on the Mountain" by Anita Desai and "The Cripple and His Talismans" by Anosh Irani.

In the literary works Fire on the Mountain by Anita Desai and The Cripple and His Talismans by Anosh Irani, the main characters have chosen to isolate themselves from the world; mentally, physically, and socially. Nanda Kaul, the main character in Anita Desai's Fire on the Mountain, lives alone and feels it is the only way she can live. But when her great-grand daughter comes to visit, Nanda has a strange reaction towards the child's lack of interest and communication with her. The unnamed narrator and main character in The Cripple and His Talismans was once a rich playboy who loses his ar…