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The Eyes Have It by Ruskin Bond

The Eyes Have It 

Ruskin Bond 


Q. 1. "Then I made a mistake." - Who made the mistake and what was the mistake. Why did he call his action a mistake? Did he really make a mistake? How did the speaker get rid of his doubt? 

Ans:  The narrator in Ruskin Bond's short story "The Eyes Have It", thought that he had made the mistake. 

◼️The narrator asked the blind girl what it was like outside from the moving train which he later realised was a mistake. 

◼️The narrator and the girl were discussing about the scenic beauty of Mussoorie. As the girl remained silent for a while, the narrator thought that perhaps the girl was thinking him a romantic fool. The narrator was also blind like the girl. He tried to pretend having a good eyesight.In course of the conversation the narrator asked the girl how the outside looked like. Then he realised now the girl would easily deduce that he couldn't see. So to change the topic he made the mistake of asking a foolish question like that. He was always heedful about not revealing his blindness to her.He doubted his wrong question might reveal the fact to the girl.

◼️The girl was devoid of eyesight just like the narrator. So she didn't understand that the man was also blind. Besides the girl didn't make the narrator evident about her blindness too. She just casually asked him to look outside. So in fact there was no mistake on his part. 

◼️The gir immediately helped him to get rid of his doubt by asking him to look out of the window - "Why don't you look out of the window?" 
 


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