Anthropomorphized Trees and Chremamorphized Humans in Sumana Roy’s How I became a Tree

Volume 2 Issue 1 Winter Edition 2022

Abstract

Aim: The main aims of the researcher are—one is to critically analyze the anthropogenic nature of trees as feminine as well as masculine; Second is to promote the idea of “Equality and Equity” with all living things on the Earth. In Clear words, it has explored the reciprocal comparison of humans with trees, to demonstrate the magnificent lives and traits of trees, which homosapiens do not have. Methodology and Approach: The study is based on the non-fiction of Roy’s How I Became a Tree as the primary text. It has included the ideas of other fiction, poems, research articles, and films as secondary sources to analyze the text Outcome: The book is a memoir of Roy’s nostalgic childhood happenings. Hilariously, she stabilizes her desire to become a tree with the supporting literary experiences of Tagore, D. H. Lawrence, Jagadish Chandra Bose, etc, with plants and flowers. Rathindran Prasad’ Bhoomika, a 2021 South Indian Horror movie is added to emphasize the reprised attitude of trees, if they speak for themselves, to stop the materialistic exploitation of humans on the Earth. Conclusion and Suggestion: The paper winds up with the notion of, like humans, plants are one of the off-springs of the Great Mother. They have all the emancipation and territory to live like humans. They resemble anthropocentric images to expose their unique habits which are more or less similar to human personalities and to show the endangered life of them which echoes the apocalypse of humans.