मेसनआ बेखौबो मानियोदि वाल्ट व्हिटमैननि बागै एडमंड विल्सननि बेसेन थि खालामनाय, “बिथाङा जाथायफोरनि सायाव सुजुगिरिनि रेबगन लिरा, नाथाय गावनि नंगुबै मोनदांनायफोरनि खेंफोरथि होयो” नारायणनि बेलायाव समानै खाथियो।
Mason also holds the view that Edmund Wilson's assessment of Walt Whitman, "he does not write editorials on events but describes his actual feelings", applies equally to Narayan.