Juggut Singh’s actions in the last pages of the story are ironic when compared to how he was as the story began. In the beginning of the story we only hear of Jugga doing bad things, but at the end he takes a dramatic turn in his life and makes a decision at the end of the book that makes him a hero. We first meet Jugga when he is sneaking out of his house to meet with Nooran, a Muslim girl. Due to the fact that Jugga is a Sikh, and war is going on between Sikhs and Muslims, their relationship would be looked down upon by many people if found out. Jugga does not seem to care, he doesn’t care about many things, but Nooran is an exception. Nooran knows about Juggut’s rough past and she even says, “No wonder the police have got you on their register …show more content…
Jugga must go to the police station and the subinspector once a week, to check in with them for probation. He is a very large man, the subinspector tells Hakum Chand, “He is the tallest man in the area. He must be six foot four and broad; he is like a stud bull” (pg. 22). Just based off his size he is very intimidating to many of the villagers. Like his Father and Grandfather, he is a dacoit, which is a professional criminal. His Father and Grandfather were both hung for the murder; Jugga is likely to follow their steps, due to his need for mischief. When he was being taken to jail, Juggut Singh said, “It is our fate. It is written on our foreheads and the lines of our hands. I always wanting to do something” (pg. 61). He continues, “When there is no work, my hands still itch to do something. So I do something, and it is always wrong” (pg. 61). Even Jugga believes he cannot control his fate; it is in his blood to commit crime. Meet Singh reveals a very scary thing about Jugga after the murder of the moneylender. “This is not the first murder he has committed; he has it in his blood” (pg. …show more content…
“Jugga had been going straight for some time. He plowed his land and looked after his cattle. He never left the village, and reported himself to the lambardar every day” (pg. 41). Jugga has decided to become a better person for Nooran, and has been staying straight like Meet Singh has said, that’s why Jugga was not in Malli’s gang anymore. When Jugga sees Malli being brought to jail, Malli makes Jugga mad by involving Nooran in their arguments toward one another. Jugga is infuriated by Malli after being framed and wishes to strangle him. As soon as Jugga saw Malli in prison, he began threatening him, throwing out every offense possible. The only reason Malli framed Jugga was for the fact that Jugga was not involved with the gang anymore. In this part of the story you can see his change. Usually he would be trying to get Malli out of trouble, but ever since he began seeing Nooran things are different. During a conversation about Muslims and their killing, Jugga even surprised Iqbal and the police by saying, “they cannot escape from God, no one can escape from God” (pg. 66). The reason they were so surprised is the fact that Jugga isn’t a man who would know much about God based off his actions. Jugga’s interest in faith has grown stronger toward the end of the book. The problem is people always put Juggut in bad light, no matter what he does. For instance,