I have to admit that the author has a very good sense of humor. Though life is not easy, he still enjoys it. He had no shelter, no clothes, and he was even unable to get enough food. However, in his eyes, this kind of life was not so bad. Because compared with people around them, they were much more fortunate. It seemed that he was incredibly optimistic. However, I have been questioning his optimism since I read it for the first time.
Babu claimed that his family members had been grass-eaters since the price of rice started soaring. Looking at the title, I thought it was a story about herbivores. But I was wrong. Babu and his wife were eating this. It is common knowledge is that humans are unable to digest plant fibers. That is to say, people can not keep healthy by just eating grass. I guess there are two explanations for their choice of food. One is the theory of evolution. They had developed a new digestive system which could get sugar out of plant fibers. This is obviously non-sense. So I prefer the other one. The author wanted to give us an image as miserable as he could. Only the refugees who are nearly starved to death will eat grass and leaves of trees. Many Indian people at that time were doing this and there were no helping hands. This is a pretty grim picture. Human beings are reduced to eating grass, which is not fit for mankind. Although Babu’s attitude towards life may inspire us, the picture the author shows to the readers is very gloomy.
