![]() Even though he didn’t understand well about the reason behind the elders’ conduct during his childhood years, he finally gains the maturity to realize it. In this novel, Arjie is referred to as a ‘Funny Boy’ because of his queer behavior. ![]() He realizes about his homosexuality when he befriends another queer boy Shehan in his boarding school. In Funny Boy, Arjie is in the midway of childhood and adolescence when he realizes certain secrets about his life. So it can be estimated that such novels contain a prime character who is generally a young one, gaining knowledge and education in his/her early years. ![]() The German word ‘ Buildungsroman‘ means ‘novel of education’. Buildungsroman novels explore the character’s premature years where they go through physical and moral transformation. ![]() Funny Boy by Shyam Selvadurai is a coming of age novel based on the theme of LGBT representation through English literature.The plot of Funny Boy revolves around the early years of little Arjun Chelvaratnam aka Arjie, who undergoes the realization about his true sexuality during his formative years. ![]()
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