Assignment 6 Option 2 Short Stories Through a close critical reading of Mavis Gallant’s ‘The End of the World’ (in the Anthology‚ A World of Difference‚ pp.125–32)‚ consider how the story’s narrative techniques‚ language and structure help to illustrate the theme of ‘cultural encounters’. The short story is like an anecdote. It contains a complete story that usually spans over a short period of time‚ with a minimal cast. Mavis Gallant’s ‘The End of the World’ fits firmly into this category
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ENGL: 1800 American Ethnic Literatures A Temporary Matter “The notice informed then that it was a temporary matter” (1). Lahiri’s title of choice for this short story implores both literal and figurative interpretation. While the words appear direct in meaning‚ they could instead be a metaphoric figure of speech‚ or rather a deliberate exaggeration to convey something other than the literal meaning. Furthermore‚ the use of a notice to inform someone of something can often be used as part
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Tone: Sympathetic Genre: Growing Up‚ Family Drama Themes: Identity: In The Namesake‚ everybody is seems lost under various terms . Every character struggles with his or her identity‚ as they feel allured by the different cultures‚ traditions‚ and personal ambition. Gogol‚ in particular‚ is torn between two cultures – the Indian traditions of his parents and the modern American culture in which he grows up. His struggle is the same one that his sister Sonia goes through. It’s also related to the
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In the story “Interpreter of Maladies”‚ the narrator tells of a young Indian American women Mina Das‚ who is portrayed as being nonchalant towards her family and struggles with her adversity and inner guilt feeling as she and her family are on a tour guide around India’s famous monuments. The narrator‚ adds intricacy in Mina Das character revealing her past experience and‚ how it affects her present behavior towards her marriage‚ children‚ and connecting with others. From this‚ we get a sense that
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Namesake” By Jhumpa Lahiri The article I chose is titled‚ “From Hybrids to Tourists: Children of Immigrants in Jhumpa Lahiri’s The Namesake‚” written by Natalie Friedman. This in depth article focuses on the inner personal struggle of an immigrant family to the United States with emphasis on Gogol Ganguli. Friedman distinguishes “the Namesake” from most other novels of its kind. As opposed to stories about immigrants coming to the United States in search of financial freedom‚ Lahiri flips the
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Abdulaziz Abdirahaman 6/14/2013 Essay 2 final Draft. Problems of intercultural marriage People usually have strong opinions and differences when it comes to problems that face intercultural marriages. Most of the people I know my brother‚ dad and some of my friend married from different culture and each one has a story to tell. However‚ some of the problems that face intercultural marriage are culture difference‚ religion‚ and last but not the least identity conflicts. Some people think culture
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The short story‚ "Mrs. Sen ’s"‚ by Jhumpa Lahiri‚ tells the experiences of Mrs. Sen‚ an Indian Bengali housewife‚ who has unhappily immigrated from Calcutta‚ India to the United states‚ due to her husbands profession. She is married to Mr. Sen‚ who spends the majority of his time at his work place as a mathematics professor at an American University. As a result‚ Mrs. Sen decides to become a babysitter for an 11-year-old- boy‚ named Eliot‚ as a way to fill up her lonely afternoons while her husband
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A Temporary Matter Thesis File Hassam Mairaj A Temporary Matter Introduction "A Temporary Matter" was originally published in the New Yorker in April 1998 and is the first story in Jhumpa Lahiri’s debut collection‚ Interpreter of Maladies (1999). The collection won the 2000 Pulitzer Prize for fiction‚ a rare achievement for a short-story collection. The story takes place over five days‚ beginning March 19‚ at the suburban Boston home of a married couple‚ Nadia and Ali. During this week‚ when
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In Jhumpa Lahiri’ s “Interpreter of Maladies”‚ Mina Das and her husband are put into an arranged marriage‚ where essentially she is told to love and live the rest of her life with a man in which she barely knows‚ all because that’s what her society expected of her. Societal expectations for women are also brought up in Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s “The Yellow Wallpaper‚” where the main character is seen as mentally weak and is overall degraded because she has postpartum depression‚ which is misunderstood
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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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