This essay is based on a short story called "the Edge" by R.K. Narayan. It is about how he was a product of his environment.

This essay is about a character named Ranga from "The Edge" by R.K. Narayan. Ranga was a product of his environment; being born into poverty he never really had a chance to be successful. He stayed in an abandoned building called Krishna's Hall while he worked at his knife sharpening business. He was a hard worker and did his best to bring home enough rupee's to maintain a living for his daughter and rather …

…easier to put up with her barbed comments as well as her fears and anxieties. Overall Ranga seemed to be happy with his job as a knife sharpener, it was all he knew so he made the best of it and treated his customers with respect so that they would continue to be his patrons. He really loved his daughter and she was the main reason he went out every day crying out, "Knives sharpened!"