The Voice By V.S Pritchett (Story)

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A great English writer, essayist, critic, novelist and journalist of 20th century, Victor Sawdon Pritchett (V.S.Pritchett, 1900-1997), whose career crossed over 60 years, write “The Voice”. He became popular with his short stories, in which he portrayed common Englishmen with respect and understanding humor.There are two major characters in „The Voice‟, Morgan and Rev. Lewis. When the story is started, Morgan, the priest is buried under the debris of church that had been brought down due to explosion of a bomb. He was singing a hymn through which the rescue workers came to know about his presence. Morgan was predecessor of Lewis who was now in charge of the church. Although both of them were extremely jealous from each other and hated each other but after seeing Morgan in trouble Lewis could not help stop him and rushed towards debris forgetting all his biasness. He repeatedly calls Morgan and asks him to sing. While saving Morgan, Lewis himself fell down due to crack down on the floor and he started crying and calling Morgan for help .After few moments he reached the ground and became somehow relaxed.Morgan asks Lewis that he had not ever felt fair in his life before that, and tells him about his being in the church. At the end, the rescue workers hear something new “A ruddy Welish choir”. Hard times and troubles had united them as it is their ability to unite human beings, and it is main theme of the story. Another thing, which is revealed, is that catharsis is a main thing through which a man feels quite easy, and our attention is diverted even from dreadful situations whenever we do a work, which we enjoy the most i-e in case of Morgan, he uses singing to divert his attention when he is afraid from death. V.S Pritchett has used figurative and versified language to beautify his work and elaborate his themes.

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  1. Anonymous24 July 2019 at 17:56

    Sadly no proofreading was done to catch this grammatical error ..."both of them were extremely jealous from each other"... FROM each other instead? OF each other I should think.

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    1. QZButt12 October 2020 at 23:56

      hey, check out my comment on the post for a somewhat better version of the text in this post.

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  2. Anonymous28 December 2019 at 10:29

    I need theme n character sketches of the characters in the Voice By Prichett

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  3. Unknown19 January 2020 at 07:00

    I need theme character sketche and relation between both in the voice by Prichett

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  4. Sns17 February 2020 at 10:36

    I need full story in pdf

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    1. Unknown23 August 2020 at 01:32

      I also need the pdf version of this story
      if you have please contact me at
      iamdebrabarry8@gamil.com

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  5. samra3 May 2020 at 05:43

    sadly, this is not helpful.i need its main theme

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  6. QZButt12 October 2020 at 23:55

    The Voice by V.S. Pritchett (Proofread Version of Story)

    A great English writer, essayist, critic, novelist and journalist of 20th century, Victor Sawdon Pritchett (V.S. Pritchett) whose career spans over 60 years from 1900 to 1997, wrote “The Voice”. He became popular due to his short stories, in which he portrays common Englishmen with respect and understandable humor. There are two major characters in “The Voice”, namely Morgan and Reverend Lewis. The story starts with, Morgan, the priest buried under the wreckage of church brought down by sudden explosion caused by a bomb. He was singing a hymn through which the rescue workers came to know of his presence. Morgan was predecessor of Lewis who is now in charge of the church. Even though both of them were extremely jealous of each other and hated each other, seeing Morgan in trouble Lewis could not help but rush toward wreckage to help him forgetting all his earlier prejudice. He repeatedly calls Morgan’s name asking him to keep singing. In the process of saving Morgan, Lewis himself fell down the wreckage due to a crack on the floor. He started crying and calling for Morgan’s help. After few moments, he reached the ground and became somewhat relaxed. Morgan tells Lewis that he had never felt fair in his life before this, and tells him about his life in the church. At the end, the rescue workers hear something new "A ruddy Welsh choir!". Hard times and troubles had united them as it is their duty to unite human beings, and it is also the main theme of the story. Another thing, that is revealed is that catharsis is a key thing that makes a man feel easy to some extent, and our attention is diverted even from dreadful situations whenever we do a work of our interest. In case of Morgan, it was his singing that diverted his attention when he was afraid of death. V.S Pritchett has used figurative and versified language to beautify his work and elaborate his themes.

    Writer’s Note: Hey guys, I am a content writer by profession and as I read this summary in order to prepare for my exam I was horrified (literally). So, as my friend here, Corto Maltese, mentioned nobody had proofread the text, I saw it as my duty to do it. I hope after this proofread version it is more understandable and there are no grammatical errors left as I tried to best of my ability. if there are still some that I overlooked hey I’m sorry I’m also human, leave me alone!! :-P 😉 (also I have replaced biasness with prejudice because come on is biasness even a word?)

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  7. Unknown6 March 2022 at 00:24

    Character Lewis and Morgan I need early

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