The Sun and The Rainbow

Sri Aurobindo's Comments

On The Hero

It seems to me a good story and certainly it is very well written.

Only, where did you get the idea of the civilians of a town being expected to fight against the invading army? I believe according to the laws of war, as they were then at least, no one was entitled to join in the fighting except the regular military forces. If any others took up arms, the enemy was entitled to shoot them, when captured, without mercy and could not be blamed for doing so. Even the franc tireurs (I think that was the name), volunteers who fought as irregulars in 1870, were considered by the Prussians to come in this category.

It seems to me that what you have written has very distinct qualities as a story (idea, building, writing out) and also narrative power.

16.11.1936

On A Mere Manuscript

It is very good both in language and form and its substance and idea.

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