People of city differ in emotions with those in village. Express your views with context to "The portrait of a lady"

Khushwant Singh’s grandmother has been portrayed as a very old lady. She was short statured, fat and slightly bent. Her face was wrinkled and she was always dressed in spotless white clothes. She was a deeply religious lady. Her lips were always moving in a silent prayer. She was always telling the beads of her rosary. She went to the temple and read the scriptures. The grandmother was a kind lady. She used to feed dogs in the village. In the city she took to feeding the sparrows. She had great affection for her grandson. She looked after him in the village. She could not adjust herself to the Western way of life, Science and English education. She hated music and was distressed to know that there was no teaching about God a nd holy books at Khushwant’s new English school. On the whole, she was a nice, kind-hearted and religious lady.
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It is true there is quite a marked difference between the city and village people in respect of emotions. People living in villages are more emotional than those living in the cities. Socialism, gregariousness, social interaction, and spiritual values among village people are also higher than those among the city people. In the chapter The Portrait of A Lady by Khushwant Singh, we saw this difference. The grandmother was happier in the village; she used to accompany her grandson to school adjoining the village temple every day; there she would read scriptures and when the school ended for the day, she would escort her grandson back home. On the way, she would feed the stray dogs with stale chapatis. On the contrary, when she along with the author was called to the city, she became confined to her room only. She could not go out because people usually remained busy and engrossed in their work. She became lonelier and more confined in the city than she was in the village. Thus, we see people of the city differ in emotions from those in the villages.

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