smiling joyfully‚ as if waiting to be found.”(Pattanaik 2013:9) In the same supernatural way‚ Draupadi is gifted by Holy Fire. Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni has explained the birth of Draupadi through Dhai Ma in The Palace of Illusions: “Behold‚ we give you this girl‚ a gift beyond what you asked for. Take good care of her‚ for she will change the course of history.” (Divakaruni 2008:4-5) In ‘Yajnaseni’‚ Draupadi tells about her birth: “My birth? But my birth was an exception. I was born nubile. The sacrificial
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Clothes The text takes place in India and in California in the USA. It is an upper class family. We can tell that by the expensive saris‚ the mahogany almirah and the zari that is used to the sari for the bride-viewing. There are many persons introduced in the text. The main character is Mita Moni. Later she is called Somita Sen because she gets married. She is an Indian girl‚ and she is going to get married to the Indian man Somesh Sen‚ who lives in the USA with his family. It is an arranged marriage
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The short story “The Disappearance” by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni basically is about an Indian man who lived in America. At first‚ he married an educated Indian girl. However‚ she‚ unlike her husband‚ did not have a traditional mindset. She eventually left him‚ and this was something which he could not accept. He started to recall the times when she was with him. He was in a state of denial that his wife could possibly leave him when he thought he had been good to him‚ and that he had done enough
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Clothes Essay The short story “Clothes” is written by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni in 1995. Clothes is about a young Indian woman called Sumita‚ and she is having an arranged marriage. The story takes place in Calcutta‚ India‚ where Sumita lives with her family and her two friends‚ Deepali and Rhada‚ before she gets married. Her father has found a great husband from California for her‚ Somesh Sen. She travels to California with her new husband‚ and is astonished how USA is‚ compared to India. Somesh
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In the short story “Silver Pavements‚ Golden Roofs”‚ the author Chitra Divakaruni highlights and enhances the theme of how Jayanti’s high class and wealthy background sets her up for high expectations of living the American Dream but later on disappoint her. Jayanti’s mindset initially presents an optimistic future and more idealistic view of America‚ but upon her arrival this idealistic view slowly begins to deteriorate by her uncle’s view of America. This idea raises the question of how does Jayanti’s
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developing countries‚ children as young as five are working to produce toys or pack clothing that will be enjoyed by more privileged kids overseas. (Morris) In the short story entitled “Live Free and Starve” by Chitra Divakaruni‚ child labor is closely critiqued and examined. Divakaruni feels that labor could be a good thing because it keeps food on the table and a roof over their head. She argues that although it is true that they are only paid a small amount of money‚ it is just enough to get
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achieving the ‘American Dream’. One of the major struggles is maintaining one’s traditional values and their individuality while assimilating and not forgetting who he or she really is. The narrator‚ Jayanti‚ in “Silver Pavements‚ Golden Roofs”‚ by Chitra Divakaruni‚ illustrates a good example of how a person loses their individuality and self-identity to do whatever it takes to assimilate and fit into the society. From the beginning of the story‚ Jayanti shows signs of assimilation and acceptance‚ to become
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about 12 Indian English writers: novelists‚ and poets. There are four essays on Anita Desai‚ two on Kamala Markandaya‚ two on Kamala Das‚ three on Shashi Deshpande‚ two on Arundhati Roy‚ two on Bharati Mukherjee‚ one each on Jaishree Mishra‚ Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni‚ Kiran Desai‚ Smita Tiwari‚ Chandramoni Narayanswamy‚ and Charmayne D’Souza. There is also one article that makes a comparative study of world women poets. Linda Lowen and Jaydeep Sarangi interview respectively Sarojini Sahoo and Rizio
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Literature: Reading‚ Reacting‚ Writing‚ 5th Edition Laurie Kirszner and Stephen Mandell Table of Contents Preface 1. Understanding Literature Imaginative Literature Conventional Themes The Literary Canon Luisa Valenzuela‚ “All about Suicide” Wole Soyinka‚ “Telephone Conversation” Thinking Critically Interpreting Literature Evaluating Literature The Function of Literary Criticism Checklist: Evaluating Literary Criticism 2. Reading and Writing About Literature
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Citations: Books -Divakaruni‚ Chitra Banergee (1995) Arranged Marriage 2nd edition Doubleday -Ingoldsby‚ Hamon (2003) Mate Selection Across Cultures 1st edition Sage Publications-Thousand Oaks‚ California -Sangari‚ Kumkum (1989) Recasting Women 1st edition Rutgers University
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