In the short story “Interpreter of Maladies‚” Jhumpa Lahiri creates a story about a young married mother who has been keeping a secret from her husband for eight years and is suffering from it. She meets Mr. Kapasi and seeks his help to relieve her pain. Mr. Kapasi‚ on the other hand‚ takes Mrs. Das’ interest in his job and developes a crush on her. With both of them suffering from unhappy marriages‚ he dreams that maybe one day they can build a relationship and live happily. Because of their lack
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httpl/ /www.rockpebbles.inlISSNt 2230 - 8954 DIASPORIC SENSIBILITY IN THE NOVEL *THE NAMESAKE"BY ]UMPHA LAHIRI x Prakash Bhadury Abstract: The word ’Diaspora ’‚ etymologically means ’dispersal ’‚ and involves‚ at least two countries‚ two cultures‚ which are embedded in the mind of the migrants‚ side by side. Although the past is invoked now and then‚ the focus is persistently on the ’moment ’. The past is invoked to indicate a certain contrast‚ wliich must be incorporated‚ and
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Living in Two Worlds Like every coin has two side‚ there are always two aspects in every human life. You can’t just experience good and happy lifestyle. Like other people I also experienced ups and down in my life. After reading Kim Hoang’s “Chinese in America‚ American in China‚” I feel that the necessity of immigrants to adapt or not adapt to American Culture‚ including speaking English‚ is on the highest level‚ for vocational‚ relational‚ and mental health reasons. For instance‚ the important
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Intelligence and Two Different Perspectives Psychologists have been debating the definition and the theory of intelligence for many years. One dictionary defines intelligence as "the ability to learn or understand or to deal with new or trying situations; the ability to apply knowledge to manipulate one ’s environment or to think abstractly as measured by objective criteria." Different theories exist that try to determine what qualities are a part of intelligence. Two psychologists‚ Charles
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Abortion is the removal of an embryo or fetus before birth. This may be spontaneous induced. There are many different types if abortions such as spontaneous abortion or miscarriages‚ Threatened abortion‚ Inevitable abortion‚ Complete abortion‚ Incomplete abortion and missed abortion. An abortion uses a vacuum to remove the fetus and related things from a woman’s womb. The procedure is usually done after 6 weeks of the woman’s last menstrual period. Women may receive medicine to help them relax and
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The Great Depression and World War II. National Stress was a huge influence on two major events that occurred in history‚ The Great Depression and World War II. What lead the nation into this stress was a number of things including investing poorly by sending money to Europe after WWI and the five industries slowly decreasing in economical production. Due to the fact that approximately thirteen million Americans did not have jobs‚ people started making their clothes instead of buying them and
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entire nation helped lead to the French Revolution. Unfortunately‚ several more revolutions were required until France successfully established a republic‚ a government for all the people. Similarly‚ the Periphery countries of the world lack these important political and civil rights‚ including the right to participate in the government‚ freedom of expression‚ and equality before the law. In addition‚ Human rights encompass economic and social freedoms like the freedom of mobility
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Jhumpa Lahiri’s 2003 novel The Namesake is the fictional narrative of Gogol Ganguli‚ a second generation immigrant in America‚ and his haunting feeling of not being able to identify with his name. Gogol feels that his name “has nothing to do with who he is‚ that it is neither Indian nor American but of all things Russian.” (Lahiri 70) This essay will argue that Gogol’s problematic relationship to his name stems from a need for a sense of belonging. Coming from a family that values their heritage
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The respective roles of Germany and Japan in the initiation and escalation of World War II seem similar on the surface—a combination of economic ambition and racist ideology. However‚ the countries’ root motivations and the ways in which they were expressed were fundamentally different. Both Germany and Japan engaged in large-scale territorial conquests in the years leading up to World War II. Hitler and other Nazi officials in Germany advocated the concept of lebensraum‚ the natural “living space”
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Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri tells a story about a family on vacation in India. The story shows how much a single family can be completely distant and careless of one another. No one in the short passage sees each other for who they really are. The parents‚ Mr. and Mrs. Das‚ do not act like parents to their three children instead they act as an older brother and sister. The Das marriage is nothing near a stable‚ loving‚ or happy relationship. Their relationship is entirely thoughtless
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