The Theme Of Love In A Temporary Matter By Jhumpa Lahiri

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Marriage is complex and within marital complexity lies complications. Accordingly, in the short story “A Temporary Matter” by Jhumpa Lahiri, the author communicates marital issues and the perspective of an American Indian that is particularly exhibited through the characters, Shukumar and Shoba within the story. Additionally, the characters marital complications are communicated through literary elements such plot and action. Furthermore, Jhumpa Lahiri also uses characterization regarding personality and character background within the short story to bring forward a theme. To say nothing, the character in the story that is particularly utilized to provide indication of marital issues from their own American dream of having a family through the American Indian background and perspective to personality in order to bring forward a theme of how lack of communication falters in a
Notably, Jhumpa Lahiri utilizes the marital complexity between Shukumar and Shoba that is commenced from Shukumar's American dream through the perspective of an American Indian. In particular, through Shukumar’s avoidant nature that derived from the failure of his American dream, his personality that derived from the faltering of his dream to have a whole family is used to bring forth the theme of how a marriage that lacks in communication results in the faltering of a couple's marriage. Nonetheless, not only does Jhumpa Lahiri uses Shukumar to communicate the theme of in the short story “A Temporary Matter”, however, Jhumpa Lahiri also utilizes Shukumar’s character development in order to communicate the shift from the character’s emotions from a third person perspective. Needless to say, the shift of Shukumar’s character from a hopeful to an angry individual drives the plot the action with Shukumar revealing the baby’s gender in order for readers to see the emotional effect that Shukumar display in the

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