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A short and simple read about Amrith and Niresh continuously damaging but instantly repairing their friendship. It is clear that the two have a strong bond, this is evident by how eager Niresh is when he encounters Amrith and vice versa. At the beginning of the chapter, it describes how anxious Amrith was, hoping that Niresh would show up at his workplace. Later on the text, it instils a joyous mood with the two friends enjoying lunch together for it to be shattered by Niresh’s curiosity about Amrith’s past. The situation is quickly resolved with Amrith pretending as if it was no big deal and asks Niresh to tell one of his tardy jokes, almost like a comic relief.
Afterwards, an important plot development occurs, previously Aunty Bundle refuses to accept Amrith’s relatives but gives in upon being convinced by Uncle Lucky showing that the relationship of individuals from opposing families can unite the two as a whole.
What do you think the author is trying to perceive when she writes “[the] meeting with [Amrith’s] uncle had been difficult, but it seemed to have brought her some reconciliation with the past” (Selvadurai 137)? Why is Aunty Bundle laughing after meeting Asha’s brother, a man she truly hates? I feel like this was a confusing, yet
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He proceeds to ask Amrith, “I would like to know why my father disowned you. I get the feeling that he hated your mum. But why?” (132), consequently faltering their friendship. In this particular occasion it seems as if they both are depressed, Niresh feeling distrusted and Amrith not being able to show that he cares about his cousin. At this moment, it seems as if the friendship will deteriorate. In a valiant attempt to save their harmony, Amrith says “How about a parting joke” (133) to lighten the tense atmosphere before they parted, revealing that a friendship is always worth fighting for, regardless of
Ooka Shohei named the last chapter of Fires on the Plain “In Praise of Transfiguration.” Through the whole novel, readers witness the protagonist Tamura transform from an innocent soldier to a killer. Readers watch him go from condemning the practice of eating human flesh to eating human flesh for his own survival. At the end, Readers see Tamura’s redemption as he shot Nagamatsu who killed and ate his own comrade Yasuda. What was the difference between two men who both killed and ate human beings? To Tamura, the guilt of eating human flesh distinguished himself from Nagamatsu who cold-bloodily killed Yasuda. As Tamura recalled, “I do not remember whether I shot him at that moment. But I do know that I did not eat his flesh; this I should certainly have remembered.” (224) The fact of him shooting at Nagamatsu had no importance to Tamura. However, his emphasis on not eating
With these two divergent personas that define the grandmother, I believe the ultimate success of this story relies greatly upon specific devices that O’Connor incorporates throughout the story; both irony and foreshadowing ultimately lead to a tale that results in an ironic twist of fate and also play heavily on the character development of the grandmother. The first sense of foreshadowing occurs when the grandmother states “[y]es and what would you do if this fellow, The Misfit, Caught you” (1042). A sense of gloom and an unavoidable meeting with the miscreant The Misfit seem all but inevitable. I am certain that O’Connor had true intent behind th...
The reader is forced into the role of a character that already has some developments. Walton’s sister is a character that exists prior to the story; this can be seen by the way Walton treats his subject. Because the reader is the audience with her, the reader is pushed into that role, but not to become a part of the story, only to develop the relationship with Walton.
At the centerpiece of this odd and captivating tale stand the embers of Moor's family: a complex web including a ridiculed political activist, a shrew, a homosexual husband, an artist, and a Jewish underworld gangster, among others. Moor's sisters lead lives as abnormal and doomed as their family history would predispose them towards: Ina, a washed-up model, dies in the throes of insanity; Minnie takes holy orders, predicting a great plague washing over Bombay and envisioning talking rats; Mynah, a lesbian, hopelessly infatuated with Moor's lover, dies in an industrial "accident" that m y~be~her~ father's doing. Such is ...
In paragraph 2 the author uses foreshadowing when it said "I had seen Aunt Gertrude more in the past two years than I had ever before in my life, and she could be terrifying, often wearing a mean scowl on her deeply lined face." It makes the reader think that aunt Gertrude is mean and doesn't care about her
...’s uncle once the little pass she was there to watch the scene but since she wanted all the uncles money she pretended as if she didn’t see the little boy’s death and all Vera’s first sight of Indian Island, which she thinks looks sinister, hints at the trouble to come the old man’s warning to Blore on the train that the day of judgment is approaching hints that Blore will soon die; the “Ten Little Indians” poem lays out the pattern for the imminent murders Vera’s fascination with both the poem and the hook on her ceiling presage her eventual decision to hang herself.
Through the perforated sheet, Aadam Aziz never saw his bride until he asked for her hand in marriage. Instead, he fell in love with “the softness of her ticklish skin, or the perfect tiny wrists, or the beauty of her ankles.” Aadam Aziz, who had concentrating on loving the pieces of Naseem, was ill prepared for her presence in its entirety. Naseem and Aadam’s marriage “rapidly dissolved into a place of frequent and devastating warfare under whose depredations the young girl behind the sheet and the gauche young Doctor turned rapidly into different stranger beings…”
Early in the novel, the Dashwood family experiences the loss of a father and husband. Emotional pain is inflicted upon each of the girls, but Elinor is still able to exert herself. In this difficult time, she is able to consult with her half-brother, receive her sister-in-law on her arrival and treats her with appropriate attention. Aware of the civilization’s expectation of propriety Elinor rouses her mother to do the same. After losing their father, the family of young women is reduced to near-poverty by the selfishness and greed of their sister-in-law, Fanny. Their father’s estate is bequeathed to their half-brother, John Dashwood, and they are left without anywhere to go. Fanny easily persuades John not to give the girls the monetary assistance that was requested from his father. Trying to convince her husband, Johnny, not to give his sisters anything, Fanny inconsiderately says that the China is, “A great deal too handsome, in my opinion, for any place they can afford to love in…Your father thought only of them… and you owe no particular gratitu...
Nila tries her best to dig out the inner layers of her Mom who is depressed and a mystery to her. She loves a French boy Julien and wants to marry him but her Mom doesn’t like her to marry Julien because she herself loves the boy very much. Nila has observed that her Mom led a lonely and desperate life after the suicide of her her father. In spring of 1977 she married Julien against the wishes of his parents. There marriage ceremony was very simple only attended by her friend Collette as witness. Julien’s father was a rich banker; a money loving guy who would give loan to her son to finance the marriage ceremonies. Pari tells him that she is an adopted child and even tells Julien that she plans to take him to Kabul. But soon she becomes pregnant:.
The reason that the insulting remarks of the narrator to first describe Din influence the theme of this story/poem is very simple. Very harsh words were used to describe him, but they are not as significant as his actions were in analyzing his personality. His position in their military regiment gave the narrator a sense that he was a better man than Din. Although he still wasn't respected, he became very indispensable to the crew. The reason for his conditional importance is because of the intense heat of the climate of the setting, which is India, makes him a necessity because the members of this congregation of slaughterers scarcely had a resource for water. Their throats were often dry, and they reminisced about gin and beer. This creates an excellent opportunity for Din to show his true character which is the backbone for the theme of this literary work.
This concession leads Dhowli into a whirlwind of love and acceptance that she had never imagined possible. She constantly reminds herself that this dream cannot be. No matter how true their love is, it is still a forbidden love. Misrilal, on the other hand, insists that nothing will tear them apart, and that they will be together despite all odds. When Dhowli finds out that she is pregnant, she is extremely worried, but Misrilal is overjoyed and reassures her. Just when she begins to believe in their love, the whirlwind ends. Misrilal alas cannot stand up to the Misraji order. Instead, he is only able to persuade his mother not to let Dhowli starve to death. Dhowli is crushed. All that she has come to believe has been destroyed. Misrilal, however, still will not accept that they will not be together. In his cowardice, or perhaps it was denial, he g...
Once Naseem Ghani becomes the married Naseem Aziz, she is no longer objectified by her body, and the amplification of her power is shown through her ability to control her situation in life to a greater degree. When Aadam Aziz requests that Naseem “moves a little” on their second night together, she ...
Overall, the story presents to us a situation where one man was so blind of the obvious and it caused him his life. Of course you wouldn’t consider one of your friends to end up killing you, but if your friend motto is “You can’t mess with me and get away with it”, then maybe you shouldn’t mess with them at all. There are friends whom would laugh at all your jokes and then there’re those whom get offensive if you cross the line; therefore, watch what you say at all time. Don’t shows people your weaknesses because that will be the other person advantages. Just because you trust a person doesn’t mean you reveal everything to them. At the end of the day, “Keep your friends close but keep your enemies closer.”
Margayya passes through many ups and down in his life only on account of his passion for money. After the death of their father, Margayya and his brother could not maintain cordial relations. So they had to setup separate homes. But drinking water well remained common property for both the brothers. His mother was a kind charitable woman. She made very effacious tooth powder but never sold it. He got the son. Balu, after a lot of Japas and Poojas. He always fulfils all the demands of Balu. It is only because of his son that he wants to earn more and more money. He also wants to give high education to his son for which he needed money. But his excessive love is responsible for spoiling the boy. Balu is also responsible for the financial ruin of his father. The novel shows Narayan’s “tortuous awareness of the disjointed
He takes her to his restaurant where she meets Kishanlal’s staff, who were mostly Bengali men. After a long time she feels in ‘place’ while talking to these people. She feels rejuvenated with the few cups of tea and a hearty chat in Bengali with them. Followed by Kishanlal’s orders the Bengali men got back to work and Nila leaves the restaurant half-heartedly. Nila is in a trance when she sees the city streets bustling with energy from all sides. Kishnalal takes Nila to the supermarket that evening. She was surprised to find a whole new world inside it. After the shopping, Nila understands Kishan’s indirect command that, “Shopping done, cookery book bought; now it was up to her to get into the kitchen and start cooking dinner” (40). She realises that her life was back to square