Five Points Someone 2003

ASM’S INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT

& COMPUTER STUDIES

MMS 1 DIV A

Communication skills

GROUP MEMBERS:

AFROZ AHMAD (01) THEMESHITEN BHADRA (03) MAJOR CHARACTERJYOTI BHISE (05) MINOR CHARACTERSSHASHANK BIJAGAR (07) MINOR CHARACTERSABHISHEK CHAVAN (09) PLOTSUJIT CHORGE (11) MINOR CHARACTERSABHIJIT DEOKAR (13) ABOUT AUTHORPARIN GALA (15) INTRODUCTIONNIKHIL GHUMARE (17) MAJOR CHARACTERSANJU GUPTA (19) NARRATIVE TECHNIQUES

GUIDED BY: MS. NOMITA KOLNOORKAR

BOOK REVIEW ON CHETAN BHAGAT’S NOVEL

‘FIVE POINT SOMEONE’

What Not To Do At IIT

The novel is set from the Indian Institute of technology,

Delhi in the period 1991 to 1995.

It is about the adventures of 3 mechanical

engineering students namely Hari Kumar,

Ryan Oberoi & Alok Gupta who fail to

cope with grading system of IIT.

A perfect ten. A book with 270 pages of pure

fun.

ABOUT THE BOOK:

PRAISES FOR THE BOOK:

‘…Charming… The book has struck a chord…’

– Time ‘…five point someone could achieve cult

– Outlook ‘…great characters & a captivating plot…

(Bhagat is) in a class of his own…’

– India today

‘… a must read for both IITians & Non-IITians!’

– Times Of India

CHETAN BHAGAT

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Chetan bhagat was born in 22april 1974 in New Delhi in a Punjabi family.

He studied Mechanical Engineering at the Indian Institute Of Technology (IIT) New Delhi

then studied at the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Ahmedabad.

He fell in love with his IIM Ahmedabad classmate Anusha and they eventually got married.

has two twin sons called shyam and ishaan

He Is one of the most popular novelist in India.

He has written,

(Bibliography)

Five Point Someone – What not to do at IIT! (2004) One Night @ the Call Center (2005) The 3 Mistakes of My Life (2008) 2 States: The Story of My Marriage

Awards Society Young Achiever's award in 2004. Publisher’s recognition award in 2005.

Bhagat has an op-ed column in Dainik Bhaskar, a large Hindi newspaper and another at The Times of India, an English daily.

In 2010, Time magazine placed Chetan Bhagat in the Time list of 100 "World's Most Influential people.“

The Newyork times called chetan the "the biggest selling English language novelist in India history

PLOT OF THE BOOK:

The language used by Chetan is filled with humor, sarcasm and is quite racy.

Narrated by Hari – One of the main characters.

Language used is simpler to appeal light readers.

Begins with the story of three boys – Hari, Ryan & Alok – became good friends – stayed together – deal with personal problems – Hari in love with Neha – difficult love life – surprise test – scored less marks – Deal with problems – Decide to top in the college – Stole the papers – Caught red handed – Suspended from college – Attempted suicide – Recovery – Establish nicely – Alok gets a good job and Hari joins a company in Mumbai – Ryan doesn’t get a job so becomes an assistant of Professor Veera.

MAJOR CHARACTERS:1. RYAN OBEROI:

o Handsome & Athletic physique o Richo Innovative & Helpingo Daring personalityo Hates muggers & Hates education systemo Last rankero Pass dangerous ideas to his friends

2. ALOK GUPTA:o Worried about the familyo Likes paintingo Fatty & Sensitive o Scholar among three o Opposite personality from Ryan

3. NEHA CHERIAN:o Daughter of Mr. Cheriano Hates IITianso Fashion designero Loves Hario Dual personalityo Afraid of her fathero Loves her brother\

4. HARI KUMAR:o Son of military meno Want to be like Ryan o Loves Nehao Want to impress Mr. Cheriano Good present of mindo Lack of confidence in vivao Well wisher of his friends

MINOR CHARACTERS:

1. MR. CHERIAN:o Head of the departmento Brillianto Stricto Demotivatingo Egoistic

2. PROF. VEERA:o Brillianto Welcomingo Friendlyo Helpingo Stylish

3. VENKAT: Insanely studious. Always wants to be the best in the college. Topped the college with the highest GPA. He is a bookworm.

4. BAKU: Senior Dominate junior Mercy less Abusive person

5. SAMIR:o Neha’s brothero Doesn’t want to be an IITiano Not expressiveo Frustratedo Committed suicide

6. ALOK’S MOTHER:o Biology teachero Only earning person in familyo Worried about family

THEMES:

EDUCATION

BELIEVE IN YOURSELF

DONT JUDGE PEOPLE TOO QUICKLY

DONT TAKE YOURSELF TOO SERIOUSLY

NARRATIVE TECHNIQUES:

It seems as if a movie is being narrated.

Characters seem to be alive as it takes us into the real college life.

The words used are quite bold.

The conversation shown in the book is quite natural, casual and simpler.

There a twist in the end of most of the situations.

NEVER RUN BEHIND SUCCESS:

Success is the bye-product. Excellence always creates success. So, never run after the success, let it happen automatically in the life.

- Hiten

FREEDOM TO LIFE

Don’t die before actual death. Live every moment to the fullest as you are going to die today night. Life is gifted to humankind to live, live & live @ happiness.

- Hiten

PASSION LEADS TO EXCELLENCE

When your hobby becomes your profession and passion becomes your profession. You will be able to lead up to excellence in the life.

- Anju

LEARNING IS VERY SIMPLE

Teachers do fail. Learners never fail. Learning is never complicated or Learning is always possible whatever rule you apply.

- Anju

PRESSURE AT HEAD

Current education system is developing pressures on students’ head.

- Abhijit

LIFE IS EMOTION MANAGEMENT NOT INTELLIGENCE OPTIMIZATION

NECESSITY IS THE MOTHER OF INVENTION

I don’t like book because I didn’t found it interesting. It is very common story. I don’t like attitude of Ryan, Alok, and Harry’s attitude towards the college. They were very much negative towards the college.

- Jyoti

INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP

Dean of the institute in Novel is showing very typical leadership. He has his own principles, values and ideology, and he leads the whole institute accordingly.

- Parin

LOVE IS TIME & SPACE FREE

Love is not time bound and space bound. It is very well demonstrated this Novel same love was demonstrated by Krishna and Meera. Love is border free, time free and space free.

- Parin

IMPORTANCE OF ONE WORD IN COMMUNICATION

This is the first book/novel which I have read and I found this book very interesting and entertaining. You feel connected to the book and the characters and you never get bored at any point of time while reading the book. A perfect start for those who are least interested in reading a book/novel.

– Nikhil Ghumare

BALANCED SUCCESS :-

Don’t just have career or academic goals. Set goals to give you a balanced, successful life. I use balanced word before successful.

- Shashank

DON’T TAKE TENSION :-

There no point of getting a promotion on the day of your breakup. There is no fun in driving a car if your back hurts.

- Afroz

WE ARE TEMPORARY HERE :-

After going through the entire project I came to the conclusion that, this novel is very much interesting, because it mainly focus on the friendly relationship between three guys and how they tackle the situation in a best possible manner and enjoy the college life very much. Overall its good.

- Abhishek

ENJOY LIFE !

Live your life the way you Like.

My opinion is read this novel as it is, enjoy it, but if you are thinking this as some sort of counter culture rebel stuff, forget it, its not even close to that.

- Sujit

FIVE POINTS WHY THE BOOK IS A MUST READ:1) It is a complete entertaining session with simpler language good for light readers.

2) Ability to keep the readers engrossed into the book.

3) Has a Fantastic natural style.

4) It gives a perfect insight of the regular troubles faced by IIT students.

5) It has a great narration.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

We would like to give our sincere thanks to Ms. Nomita Kolnoorkar for

providing us an opportunity for presenting this interesting and

informative activity in the class. We would like seek such opportunities in

the future as well.