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R.K. Narayan's masterpiece 'The Guide' is acclaimed for its non-linear narrative structure. How is the story of Raju, the guide-turned-swami, primarily told?
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- 1A series of journal entries discovered by Marco after Raju's death from fasting.
- 2An alternating dual narrative where Raju's past is told in the first person (to Velan), and his present as a swami is narrated in the third person.✓
- 3A strictly chronological, third-person narrative tracking his rise and fall.
- 4An epistolary exchange consisting of letters written by Raju in prison to his lover, Rosie.
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An alternating dual narrative where Raju's past is told in the first person (to Velan), and his present as a swami is narrated in the third person.
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