Sea by Anita Desai mirror its society’s values? What to include: Define the cultural values and ideas of this society. Theme as a cultural representation of values and ideas Characterisation – characters as a stereotype of values and ideas Hari‚ his father (role of fathers in society) Setting – city and village – as representation (symbols) of values and ideas Introduction: (Author and the title of the book must be included in the first sentence). The Village by the Sea by Anita Desai
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Anita Desai?s novel‚ The Village by the Sea‚ is a vibrant narration of perseverance and hope in distress. It is a saga of changes and adaptation‚ a little of evil and more about the goodness of nature and human kindness. Based on true events‚ it is a story set in a small coastal village Thul near Bombay. The two main characters of the novel are a brother and sister duo‚ 13-year-old Lila and 12-year-old Hari. They have two young school-going sisters‚ Bela and Kamal‚ a chronically ill mother and
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Anita Desai’s story is all about duty and devotion. It draws a picture of the life of a son. The son is brought up by his father‚ starts earning his livelihood and then‚ dutifully looks after his father. However‚ crisis develops as his father‚ whimsical due to age‚ starts misinterpreting his son’s treatment. The question that the story posse is that how long should a son take care of his father? What should be the extent of his dutifulness and obedience? This is a problem of the modern world caused
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addressing the same concept to portray their own perceptions on various situations or rather to position their reader to respond into certain ways. Anita Desai and Nasra in the short stories ‘surface textures’ and ‘ANDBWAND’ appear to raise a similar concept nonetheless in varied ways. Nonetheless they both use characterization and style to build up on epiphany. Anita Desai’s stories are set in present
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Anita Desai’s Village by the Sea is set in a small village called Thul‚ which is 14 kilometres from Bombay. Lila‚ the eldest child among four siblings‚ is but thirteen years of age‚ yet she already has the outlook and maturity of an adult. Her brother Hari‚ twelve is the only person with whom she can share her troubles . Their mother is an invalid and needs constant care and nursing. Nobody knows what exactly is wrong with her but she grows weaker and weaker with every passing day. Their father
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A Devoted Son by Anita Desai Summary This story takes place in a shabby suburb in India. Rakesh‚ the son of a vegetable seller‚ triumphs in medical school and afterwards. He is a devoted son‚ bowing to his father‚ marrying the girl his parents choose‚ and becoming the director of his own clinic nearby. His father grows old‚ becomes a widower and begins to develop physical complaints and unpleasant habits‚ such as spitting forcibly. Still‚ his son tends him‚ and even decides to take over the man’s
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Part 1‚ Chapters 1 and 2 Summary Anita Desai’s novel of intricate family relations plays out in two countries‚ India and the United States. The core characters comprise a family living in a small town in India‚ where provincial customs and attitudes dictate the futures of all children: girls are to be married off and boys are to become as educated as possible. The story contrasts the life of the main character‚ Uma‚ the family’s older daughter‚ with Arun‚ the boy and baby of the family. Uma spends
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Name of the book; Village by the see By; Anita Desai Story; of an Indian family A story of an Indian family‚ staying in a village‚ called Thul‚ almost 14 miles away form Mumbai one of the most famous cities of India. This family consists of a mother who is very sick and lying in bed all the time‚ father who drinks all the time and is unable to work due to his hard drinking habit‚ three sisters and a brother‚ the two younger sisters who are studying at school‚ and an elder sister who has stopped
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THEME OF ALIENATION IN ANITA DESAI’S NOVELS WITH REFERENCE TO ‘CRY‚ THE PEACOCK’‚ ‘VOICES IN THE CITY’ AND ‘FIRE ON THE MOUNTAIN’ Alienation is one of the greatest problems confronting modern man. The 20th century Especially the postwar period has been called the ‘Age of Alienation’. Edmund Fuller remarks that in our age man suffers not only from war persecution ‚ famine and ruin‚ but from inner problem a conviction on isolation ‚ randomness ‚ meaninglessness in his way of existence. There are
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Beloved is a novel by the American writer Toni Morrison. Set after the American Civil War (1861–1865)‚ it is inspired by the story of an AfricanAmerican slave‚ Margaret Garner‚ who temporarily escaped slavery during 1856 in Kentucky by fleeing to Ohio‚ a free state. A posse arrived to retrieve her and her children under the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850‚ which gave slave owners the right to pursue slaves across state borders. Margaret killed her two-year-old daughter rather than allow her to be recaptured
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