Hell-Heaven

"Hell-Heaven", by Jhumpa Lahiri, talks about the struggles of living in the United States with a Bengali culture. In this story, characters make confessions of difficult and painful experiences that bring them healings. Its obvious that the character Boudi was dealing with a painful experience through out the whole story. There were plenty of times where you were able to point out Boudi painful experiences. It was not to the end of the story where she made her confession and were finally able to heal from this.
One point in the story where you were able to point out her painful experience was when Boudi realized the man she was in love with, was dating another woman. The man she was in love with name was Parnab Chakaraborry, or Parnab Kaku.

This is when she realized the dream of Kaku being her's was over. Kaku and Deborah became distant from the family and moved into their own apartment in Boston. The last genuine moment the two had together was when Budi prepared a meal for Kuku to represent the end of his bachelorhood. Here, she still couldn’t be happy for him because of her selfish reasons. "My mother stands besides him, one hand placed on top of his head in a gesture of blessing, the first and last time she was to touch him in her life. "She will leave him," my mother told her friends afterward. "He is throwing his life away,"(Bedford 640). The wedding was held at a church in Ipswich. It was a small beautiful wedding with only close friends and family members. Boudi was so stuck in her ways and mad at Deborah that she did not appreciate any of the nice things that the young lady did for her family and her, "My mother did not appreciate the fact that Deborah had made sure that my parents, who did not eat beef, were given fish instead of filet mignon like everyone else,"(Bedford 640). It was not until the end of the story, after the divorce of Kaku and Deborah, were Boudi was able to heal from this