Myles Hypse March 2nd‚ 2017 English 1B 3:30-4:50pm Clothes & Chrysanthemums John Steinbeck’s “The Chrysanthemums” tells the evolution of a character over the course of a story. Steinbeck accomplishes this by using specific point of view to carry out his vision‚ very similar to the way Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni uses distinct character development in her short story “Clothes” to entice and pull the reader in. These elements work together in both stories to create a theme that has the greatest
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In the essays A Web of Brands and Live Free and Starve by Naomi Klein and Chitra Divakaruni‚ both authors express the different aspects and their opinions of globalization. Naomi Klein focuses on the effects of globalization. In A Web of Brands‚ Klein looks at how the changes of the garment industry in Toronto connect to the factories of Jakarta‚ Indonesia. Chitra Divakaruni argues that the United States attempts to stop the practices of indentures‚ would have terrible consequences even though the
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children. Children in other countries are living and working in sweat shops that are in the worst of conditions. Not only are they there to make a small amount of money‚ but some are there to pay off debts that their parents could not afford. Divakaruni says they “spend their day in dark ill-vented rooms doing work that damages their eyes and lungs”(398). The adolescents working in these factories clearly are not of any consideration‚ and have absolutely no rights. They are being exploited and
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and “Plata o Plomo: Silver or Lead” In the essay “Live Free and Starve” by Chitra Divakaruni and the essay “Plata o Plomo: Silver or Lead” by Marie Javdani‚ both the authors discussed the serious issues happened in the world due to the appearance of globalization. The issues happened under globalization includes child labor and objects importation. Two authors explains these two aspects respectively. Chitra Divakaruni states her point that “it is easy for us in America to make the error of evaluating
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the cultural differences faced in their new American home. Many of Divakaruni’s poems are about immigrant experiences. Divakaruni is an immigrant from India who draws from her own personal experiences to write her poetry. “Yuba City School” is a poem that captures the darkness that encompasses the situations immigrants face. From the first to the last stanza‚ Divakaruni chronicles the hardships Jagjit and his mother must tackle. The isolation and discrimination they encounter makes them feel
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provided by the extended family or the community. This is proved while Anju doubts on herself that “Did I make the wrong decision for Sudha‚ misled by my American - feminist notions of right and wrong? Have I condemned her to a life of loneliness?” (Divakaruni 1999:
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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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Palace of Illusions by Chitra Bannerjee Divakaruni is a beautiful book which gives a woman’s perspective on a story that deals mainly with male characters i.e. the great epic‚ Mahabharata. The book has been written from Draupadi’s‚ who was the wife of the 5 Pandava heroes in this epic‚ point of view. It throws light on her innermost thoughts and feelings‚ traced right from her childhood to her demise in the lap of the Himalayan mountains. It talks about her feelings about the strange in which
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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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One Amazing Thing by Chitra Divakaruni‚ is an astonishing group of well-woven characters and stories. One scene‚ one event‚ one moment has drawn an intricate set of diverse characters together in this novel. It does a phenomenal job of giving each character the perspective and depth that the reader needs to not only listen to their voice‚ but to stand outside of them and see them as their companions do on this journey. Set in a visa office somewhere in America‚ a group of applicants waits for their
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