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In "Like the Sun," is the headmaster pleased or angry that Sekhar has told him the truth about his music?

I would argue that the headmaster is simultaneously pleased and irritated that Sekhar has told him the truth.


First, the headmaster is pleased because he no longer needs to spend money on something he apparently has no talent for. However, he is also a little irritated that he has failed to impress a subordinate with what he believed was his superior musical aptitude. Additionally, up until now, he has "spent a fortune" to pursue his music studies, and he can never recuperate those costs. In immersing himself in his music venture, the headmaster has also invested much emotional capital towards his success.


When Sekhar apprises him of the truth, the headmaster's hopes for future fame and recognition are dashed. The evidence for his irritation rests in his final insistence that Sekhar should turn in the corrected papers the next day; this is contrary to his previous stipulation that his subordinate could have ten days to complete the task.

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