The Jewel in the Crown : Daphne Manners
Daphne Manners was a woman that was ahead of her time she was not prejudice in a hateful way. The prejudice she had was purely ignorance of the day and age. She did not dislike someone just because they were Indian. Daphne Manners even made negative comments about the prejudices that she saw happening. She ignored the social norms when she started falling for Hari Kumar. Had Miss Manners followed the standards for the day and age of the story she would never had given Hari a second look.
A woman that left India because her husband " had to many Indian colleagues" for her liking raised Daphne Manners and she still was offended when she saw her friends abused by prejudices. (Pg 90 Scott, Paul. The Jewel in the Crown. [1996.] Vol. 1 of the Raj Quartet. Rpt. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1998.) While on the train Lili experienced a typical reaction from the English passengers they were riding with and Daphne Manners stated ' I get really angry about the kind of thing that happens over here." (Pg 94 Scott, Paul. The Jewel in the Crown. [1996.] Vol. 1 of the Raj Quartet. Rpt. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1998.) In 1942, English colonists in India did not feel they needed to treat the native inhabitants with any form of humanity. Daphne Manners on the other hand knew that they deserve to be treated as humans. She said "Honestly Auntie, a lot of the with people in India don't know they're born." (Pg 90 Scott, Paul. The Jewel in the Crown. [1996.] Vol. 1 of the Raj Quartet. Rpt. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1998.)
When Miss Manners interviewed at the hospital she talked with the Matron who told her "If your wise you'll trade on all three [of her sponsors] but avoid too obvious an association with the fourth." (Pg 97 Scott, Paul. The Jewel in the Crown. [1996.] Vol. 1 of the Raj Quartet. Rpt. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1998.) Matron was referring to the stigma that went with Lady Chatterjee. Daphne took a chance of not getting the position by telling her " My real sponsor is Lady Chatterjee." (Pg 97 Scott, Paul. The Jewel in the Crown. [1996.] Vol. 1 of the Raj Quartet. Rpt. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1998.) Daphne Manners is not the type of English colonist who ignored her true feelings for the betterment of her social status.
In the beginning of the relationship between Miss Manners and Hari Kumar, she ignored the things the other colonist might have been thinking. Hari was physically attractive, but the other English women didn't have a hard time resisting "because they saw him as if he stood on the wrong side of water in which even to dabble their fingers would have filled them with horror." (Pg 142 Scott, Paul. The Jewel in the Crown. [1996.] Vol. 1 of the Raj Quartet. Rpt. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1998.) Miss Manners being ahead of her time was able to look past Hari's skin color and get to know him. In her interview, Sister Ludmila said that they even showed public affection "walking hand in hand" (Pg 142 Scott, Paul. The Jewel in the Crown. [1996.] Vol. 1 of the Raj Quartet. Rpt. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1998.)
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