The Interpreter Of Maladies
Loss of communication
Jhumpa Lahiri's short story, "The Interpreter of Maladies," is a story that has many things going on at the same time. In this story, we see everything through the perspective of Mr. Kapasi, the tour guide who leads the Das family to the Temple of the Sun in India. During the story, we realize that this family, Das, are not the happy family they seem. Between the configuration and the subjects that this contains the reader is with a world of interpretations. Despite having a variety of topics in reading, such as marriage or family (etc.), the problem of communication is the most important issue.
This story takes place in India in the summer. Mr. And Mrs. Das (American Indians), and their children are on vacation in India visiting places guided by an Indian guide, Mr. Kapasi. This family and Mr. Kapasi travel by car to the Sun Temple at Konarak. In this journey we can see, through Mr. Kapasi’s point of view, how this family develops and how they prove to be foreign to the Indian culture and alien to themselves. …show more content…
This reading exposes communication problems, even in people who speak the same language. An example of this is the lack of communication that exists between Mr. and Mrs. Das. There is no communication between this marriage as these two characters are usually outstanding to their own affairs. Like their parents, Das children have communication problems, both with their parents and the rest of the people. Mr. Kapasi does not escape the problems of communication. This character is going through a marriage without love because over time he and his wife have lost the ability to communicate. In addition, Mr. Kapasi has also lost the ability to communicate in some languages he used to know, leaving him alone with English and afraid of not being able to speak as well as his
Jhumpa Lahiri's short story, "The Interpreter of Maladies," is a story that has many things going on at the same time. In this story, we see everything through the perspective of Mr. Kapasi, the tour guide who leads the Das family to the Temple of the Sun in India. During the story, we realize that this family, Das, are not the happy family they seem. Between the configuration and the subjects that this contains the reader is with a world of interpretations. Despite having a variety of topics in reading, such as marriage or family (etc.), the problem of communication is the most important issue.
This story takes place in India in the summer. Mr. And Mrs. Das (American Indians), and their children are on vacation in India visiting places guided by an Indian guide, Mr. Kapasi. This family and Mr. Kapasi travel by car to the Sun Temple at Konarak. In this journey we can see, through Mr. Kapasi’s point of view, how this family develops and how they prove to be foreign to the Indian culture and alien to themselves. …show more content…
This reading exposes communication problems, even in people who speak the same language. An example of this is the lack of communication that exists between Mr. and Mrs. Das. There is no communication between this marriage as these two characters are usually outstanding to their own affairs. Like their parents, Das children have communication problems, both with their parents and the rest of the people. Mr. Kapasi does not escape the problems of communication. This character is going through a marriage without love because over time he and his wife have lost the ability to communicate. In addition, Mr. Kapasi has also lost the ability to communicate in some languages he used to know, leaving him alone with English and afraid of not being able to speak as well as his