CROSS CULTURE & IDENTITY CRISIS IN BHARATHI MUKHERJEE’S JASMINE ABSTRACT Bharati Mukherjee in her novel Jasmine 1989 longs to speak in her own voice and give a personal version of what it means to be an emigrant especially a female immigrant. Her struggle to identify herself with the new host country enables her to write from a wider and more exciting angle. She writes how the female protagonist tries to tackle the problem of loss of culture and endeavors to assume a new identity in America
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a’s character goes under several changes as she tries to identify herself in a world of two different cultures in Bharati Mukherjee’s “The Tenant”. When you come across Maya’s character in the beginning of the story it seems that she does not really know what she wants. Maya‚ who has become an American citizen‚ has adapted the western culture in which she is trying to fit in and find herself within while trying to abandon her Indian culture which is a big part of her. She moves from one place
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Modernist movement in literature lays emphasis on the quest for identity on the one hand and internal rather than external realities that lie hidden and repressed on the other and prescribes psychic exploration of characters and feelings to focus the real reality in life which they undergo in different relations and situations. The great European stalwarts like Henry James‚ James Joyce‚ Virginia woolf‚ Dorothy Richardson and DH Lawrence have devoted much of their energy and technique not only to
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ABSTRACT Globalization seems to have brought a sea change in many post-colonial nations. Cultural hybridity is a positive consequence of globalization. Consequently there is a conflict in the diasporic communities between the majority and minority cultures. It is difficult to be estranged from one’s native culture. A desire to establish an identity in a new culture appears to be desirable and difficult. Bharathi Mukharji focuses on the quest for identity of the diasporic women and shows the varied
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"Lifetimes ago...” (Mukherjee‚ 3) in which an astrologer predicts Jasmine ’s widowhood and exile‚ frames the discussion of whether fate or free will dictate her life’s trajectory. This relates very closely to the theme of desire and duty. Due to Jasmines religious and cultural orientation‚ she has been programmed to believe in predestination. Her desire to become reborn into something free willed and American will contradict everything that was ever influenced to Mukherjee. In the novel she acquires
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Change indicates development. In nature‚ if no species mature‚ life itself ceases. The same concept applies to culture. Cultural stagnation indicates a dying culture‚ but cultural conflict “stirs up the pond”. In Bharati Mukherjee’s American Dreamer‚ Mukherjee analyzes cultural conflict through her experience emigrating from Calcutta to North America. She describes individual and holistic responses and reactions to immigration that she discovers among several levels of society. Just as rose bush
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The American Dream is the assumption that every single US citizen should have the same opportunity to be successful‚ work hard‚ and have determination. Bharati Mukherjee illustrates how Jasmine takes on new names and identities to transform herself as she travels through America to achieve what she believes is “ The American Dream”. The major idea of being this “ American Dreamer” is to search for your real identity(“The Great”). Being born in India and coming to America she is an immigrant. Jasmine
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Bharati Mukherjee in her writings criticizes the assumptions entrenched in the western minds about the immigrants from India and other countries. She addresses the issue of multiculturalism which has a tremendous influence on the making of “new” Americans. She insists that the greater presence of non-European immigrants after the liberalisation of immigrant laws in 1965 has a terrific impact on the national identity of America. She maintains a clear distinction between Canada and USA and condemns
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The novel Jasmine by Bharati Mukherjee‚ is a compelling story of a women’s seemingly never ending triumphs that help her to grow and form into a mature adult. Jasmine‚ the main character‚ goes through many stages and with those stages new personalities‚ to endure the hardships she faces. A theme that runs constantly throughout the novel is the theme of hope. The theme of Hope is shown in the novel Jasmine when Jasmine gets raped‚ when her husband dies‚ when and lastly when she has to choose between
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Chavarius Curry-Felix 5/29/13 English 101-swa 1 T.Roper Unit One Short Writing Assignments The thing that is most significant about this title was that you have to realize the true essence of judging a person for being regular instead of judging someone by their handicap.The title’s significance seems to be a certain way of getting to know what the article may be about.The title itself gives off a sense of mystery being that the title is drawing the reader into actually finding out what this article
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