The Impact of Behaviorism and the Predilection of Ruskin Bond's Discourse on Society's Psyche

Authors

  • Dr. Rajendra Singh Chouhan
  • Dr. Megha Singh Tomar
  • Dr. Madhavi Sharma

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24113/ijellh.v12i11.11512

Abstract

The study with respect to interactive behaviorist principles regarding the stylistic intricacies of Ruskin Bond's work tries to understand how these factors affect individual actions, social norms, and emotional reactions. This study aims at probing into how storytelling by Bond causes people's inherent attributes such as sympathy, durability, and generosity through behaviorism, which is a psychological framework emphasizing the observable behavior governed by external influence. The factor of Bond's spare, lyrical writing lies in its timelessness due to frequent explorations of innocence, nature, loneliness, and nostalgia. The characters and settings of Bond reflect the behaviorist ideas that humans learn through observation, reinforcement, and incentives. Given to the behaviorist theories of learned social behavior, the life in small towns and conventional Indian values in Bond's writings urge the readers to value their personal relations and such simple way of living. The research looks at Bond's most notable works and refers to readers' opinion polls to show that Bond's writing serves two purposes: entertainment and the building of social norms and values. Often while reading Bond's stories, a person feels at ease, remember some fond memories, and provides oneself with a chance to hope that there will be good once again; hence, it shows that Bond's writing provides growth in emotions and thoughts as does behaviorism. The findings of the analysis show that the stories narrated by Bond had deep impacts on social psyches of men in order to pursue positive qualities of life and gain emotional strength. His strange way of narration, interwoven with faithfulness to the behaviorist doctrine, made James Bond an impact that bears a semblance of how literature subtly goes about changing some patterns of behavior-individually and collectively. This highlights the importance of telling stories as vital in the development of society's values and attitudes.

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Author Biographies

Dr. Rajendra Singh Chouhan

Assistant Professor

Department of Languages (Humanities)

Medi-Caps University

Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India

Dr. Megha Singh Tomar

Assistant Professor

Department of Humanities & Social Sciences

Shri G. S. Institute of Technology & Sciences

Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India

Dr. Madhavi Sharma

Assistant Professor

Department of Humanities & Social Sciences

Shri G. S. Institute of Technology & Sciences

Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India

References

Jesperson, Otto. Language: its Nature Development and Origin. London: G. Allen & Unwin Ltd. 1922, Print.

Bond, Ruskin. Chachi’s Funeral from the volume The Night Train at Deoli and Other Stories. New Delhi: Penguin Books India Pvt. Ltd. 1988, Print.

Keats, John. Ode to Grecian Urn. Web. 8 March 2017

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Published

29-11-2024

How to Cite

Singh Chouhan , D. R., Singh Tomar, D. M., & Sharma, D. M. (2024). The Impact of Behaviorism and the Predilection of Ruskin Bond’s Discourse on Society’s Psyche. SMART MOVES JOURNAL IJELLH, 12(11), 22–31. https://doi.org/10.24113/ijellh.v12i11.11512