AN INTERESTING BOOK I HAVE READ.

 

        I was only eleven years old when I read Martin Wickremasinghe's Madoldoova for the first time. It is a very interesting children's adventure story. This book is so popular that it has been translated into several foreign languages too. 📖

        " Madoldoova " has become the most popular novel among school children. It is full of joyful escapades of rural youth. Here is the story in brief. 📖

        The main characters of this story are Upali and Jinna. We meet Upali Giniwella for the first time as a motherless child of seven years. His mother dies and after one year of the death, his father gets married again. The stepmother is not a cruel woman, but she does not know how to look after a motherless child. In other words, she can't understand the children's world. Upali does not get parental love and affection. He feels himself like an outsider. He is not interested in schooling. His father too does not understand the children's world. 📖

        Grieved by all these incidents Upali tries to seek solace from the outside world. Jinna is his best friend. We can't find more details about him. It is said that Jinna is a distant relative of Upali's family. 📖

        Both Upali and Jinna led several escapades with the assistance of the other boys like Siripala and Dangadasa. Robbers, Veddah game, and Cadju raid are some of them. 📖

        Upali is an energetic, courageous, and hardworking boy who loves adventure and the real adventure comes by when he journeys into the sea with the fishermen. 📖

        After the Cadju raid, Upali and Jinna leave home and find work in a chena. Podigamarala is the owner of it. He teaches them how to cultivate and also how to use a gun. After some time they go to Madoldoova and start cultivation there. At last, they become successful farmers. 📖

📖 " Madoldoova " is a didactic story. ✨