Ghosh‚ V.S. Naipaul‚ Bharati Mukherjee‚ Jhumpa Lahiri‚ Kiran Desai and many others.(Dutta‚online) The present paper will highlight the issue of identity crisis: forming‚ deforming and reforming in the light of The Namesake by Jumpha lahiri. Having born of educated middle class Bengali parents in London and grown up in Rhodes Island (USA) Jhumpa Lahiri beautifully and authentically portrays the diaspora experiences in her first collection of short stories‚ Interpreter of Maladies (which won her the
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PORTRAYAL OF MALE CHARACTERS IN JHUMPA LAHIRI’S SELECTED SHORT STORIES ABSTRACT This study analyzes the male characters in Jhumpa Lahiri’s three selected short stories. The formalistic theory chosen to dissect the texts has enable readers to be objective in their interpretation by separating the elements of theme‚ plot‚ point of view and the setting of the story. By concentrating only on the characterization factor‚ the characters of each of the male characters were revealed. Using
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A sacrament is a tangible connection between Heaven and Earth along with how God’s love and essence is physically here on Earth. Jesus Christ is the essence of God on Earth in human form. He preaches the ideas and serves as the son of God to his kingdom. When people preach‚ serve‚ and worship‚ God’s power is present and the people remember what Jesus was all about when he was on Earth and therefore what God was all about. The concept of God is spread through ideas like the Pentecost‚ Paul and his
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together again – the key theme of unity in the arts and human life. In this poem‚ Blake is parodying a book from the Classical period‚ by a man called Swedenborg called ‘Heaven and Hell’‚ which reinforced the beliefs of the divide of good and evil‚ heaven and hell. This poem shows that Blake is keen on switching the values heaven and hell represent‚ so that his own beliefs about religion can be seen. Blake‚ as with all poets‚ have a knack to create. Blake created an entire Mythology of gods and beings
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a stool and said “All grandsons gather around the fireplace; time to share stories!” Instantly‚ I blushed a shade of dark red; embarrassed and followed my cousins to the fireplace. Steve I stood around the fireplace. I must have had the most exciting field trip learning about my grandfather and his history in WWII. The second I started thinking about my grandfather’s journal‚ my mother asked who would share their stories first. I raised up my hand. “Steve?” she said surprisingly. She must have been
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Comment closely on ways in which the following passage presents Gogols feelings about his homecoming Jhumpa Lahiri eloquently presents in her novel‚ ‘The Namesake’‚ all the different feelings Gogol Ganguli experiences on his train ride back home. One of which is the main feeling of loss which is apparent throughout this novel as well as in this passage. He has lost his father‚ Maushumi and he is about to lose his house‚ which is sentimental to him because it is the one place that him and his family
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Aparna of “Hell-Heaven” and the grandmother of “A Good Man is Hard to Find” are two completely different characters. Aparna is young and committed to her role as a mother and wife while the grandmother is older and strives only to fulfill her immediate desires Though they are characters very much unlike each other‚ they both fulfill their prospective author’s goal to inspire emotion in a reader. Both Aparna of “Hell-Heaven” and the grandmother of “A Good Man is Hard to Find” evoke strong emotions
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Life and death in the film “Knockin` on the Heaven`s door” How often do we think about that we have in daily life? How often do we notice the beauty of the surrounding in daily life? How often do we remember the things that are valuable for us? And what if we had a few days to live‚ what would you do? Is it possible to make our dreams come true? The film "Knockin` on the heaven`s door" is about how two men with untreatable disease realize their dreams. The film was recommended me for many times
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conversation with her during the trip. Mr. Kapasi imagines a future correspondence with Mrs. Das‚ picturing them building a relationship to translate the transcontinental gap between them. However‚ Mrs. Das reveals a secret: she tells Mr. Kapasi the story of an affair she once had‚ and that her son Bobby had been born out of her adultery. She explains that she chose to tell Mr. Kapasi because of his profession; she hopes he can interpret her feelings and make her feel better as he does for his patients
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‘Comparing Athens and Sparta is like comparing Heaven and Hell’ The two rivals of ancient Greece that made the most noise and gave us the most traditions were Athens and Sparta. They were close together on a map‚ yet far apart in what they valued and how they lived their lives. Athens and Sparta were different in many different ways and were very much like Heaven and Hell. One of the main ways they were similar was in their form of government. Both Athens
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