1. “A career. Leaving home. Living alone.”
In this passage, Uma, the protagonist is thinking of further possibilities, which could enrich her life. These three short sentences start the passage. Due to them all only containing two words, further emphasis is given to them. These short sentences have a very strong diction and therefor create a feeling of a provocative and strong thought. Furthermore does Desai hereby achieve to convey the seriousness of Uma’s situation. Right at the start, the sentence “A career” is used. By being this vague, the author accentuates how Uma is unsure/uncertain about such thoughts. The following two sentences “Leaving home. Living alone.” Prove that Uma is well aware of the consequences of “A career”, which are leaving home and living alone. This further conveys that Uma is not really searching for a career, in order to work, but rather to flee/escape from the constant oppression of her parents. This is further proved by the fact that Uma is the main character in the book and the author's symbol for the grossly subservient role of women, especially in Indian society.
2. “Her vision of escape, a refuge”
This passage further displays Uma’s wish for freedom. This passage conveys that “A career” is an escape from her oppressing parents. Towards the beginning of the book, Uma would have never dared to think such thoughts, but at this point, due to the influence of different characters, Uma has seeds of change planted in her. She no longer wants to be in her terrible situation. The author, whilst using the word “escape” especially emphasizes this. Comparable words could have been used, but the author had to convey this want and desire for freedom. Furthermore does Desai aggrandize the meaning of “An c...
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...ize the characters and people connected to Uma. This phrase also resembles an important point in the novel, as now Mama and Papa can not tell her who she is meant to be with, due to them also following the culture and religion. Furthermore does this phrase connect with the role of Women in India. Within the two cultures, Indian and American, the author paints portraits of women with vastly different appearances, educations, and opportunities; but they are alike in their inherent lack of self esteem and repressed dreams.
The culture is built on making girls ready for marriage, sublimating education except for the very few. Due to this, many girls are prepared to marry at a young age, and due to Uma not being perfect and being married of very late, Uma is a sad example of the needs of daughters being minimized for the good of the family, especially the male members.
Symbolism is a poetic and literary element that interacts with readers and engages their feelings and emotions. In Sold, thirteen-year-old Nepali girl, Lakshmi, is forced to take a job to help support her family. Involuntarily, she ends up in prostitution via the Happiness House; this sex trafficking battle forces Lakshmi to envision her future and possibility of never returning home. The very first vignette of the novel speaks of a tin roof that her family desperately needs, especially for monsoon season. At the brothel, Lakshmi works to pay off her debt to the head mistress, Mumtaz, but cannot seem to get any sort of financial gain in her time there. Both the tin roof and the debt symbolize unforeseen and improbable ambitions, yet she finds the power within herself to believe. How does Lakshmi believe in herself despite her unfathomable living conditions and occupation?
Before finding out about her biological parents, Asha acts very immaturely and inconsiderately. The first example portraying Asha's unsophisticated behaviour takes place while Asha has a disagreement with her parents because of her poor grades. After her mother offers to helps, she replies, “'I don't need a tutor, and I definitely don't want your help,' Asha says choosing her words to sting her mother'” (Gowda, 150). Here, Asha is deliberately trying to hurt her mother's feelings and is acting very inconsiderately. Also, the fact that she is yelling at her mother, even though her mother is only offering to help, showcases her immaturity.
She conveys a moral to the migrating Indians in their pursuit of material wealth. She asserts that in Change of place or locality one must preserve the philosophical maturity of his native culture and tradition without which life becomes solipsistic. The theme of the novel is cultural but the tone is functionally ethical. “Namesake” seems to be autobiographical where Ashima is Jhumpa herself, though life situations may not be similar exactly. Jhumpa Lahiri with her three works has created history.
A traditional extended family living in Northern India can become acquainted through the viewing of Dadi’s family. Dadi, meaning grandmother in Hindu, lets us explore her family up close and personal as we follow the trials and tribulations the family encounters through a daily basis. The family deals with the span of three generations and their conflicting interpretations of the ideal family life. Dadi lets us look at the family as a whole, but the film opens our eyes particularly on the women and the problems they face. The film inspects the women’s battle to secure their status in their family through dealing with a patriarchal mentality. The women also are seen attempting to exert their power, and through it all we are familiarized to
In both “The Ritual of Fast Foods” and “Sweet, Sour and Resentful”, logos is used to argue that rituals cause corporations and groups of people to have control over us, in order to portray that rituals in our daily lives often force us into unconsciously making the same decision repetitively. The word ritual typically has a religious or solemn connotation, but these two passages place the term in our everyday lives. In “The Ritual of Fast Food”, Visser seemingly has intentions to expose the fast food industry, and show people the means by which these corporations exploit our habits, or rituals. The reading mentions “an outlet is designed to be a ‘home away from home’, on the highway, or anywhere in the city, or for Americans abroad” (Visser 189). Visser’s thoughts on
From a young age, writing become a big part of who she is, since it was the only way she could express her feelings without really speaking. Lahiri expresses when she says, “My reading was my mirror, and my material; I saw no other part of myself” (4). She is describing how writing really made her feel like a different person, did not have to worry about the two cultures she had to switch around, follow a certain tradition of which to write, and could write express her thoughts without a problem. Her tools, desk, everything she used to do here writing became a part of who she was because she had never made any other connections with anything else. She is now showing what it meant, “When I became a writer my desk became home; there was no need for another” (Lahiri 6). While Lahiri had trouble identifying her identity, she did not know what was really her home. She struggled to find a place that she could be happy to call “home,” and was able to find that when she started to explore and expand her writing. When Lahiri said “I belonged to my work” (6), she was describing the passion she had found within the work she was achieving. Even though, her parents did not think she could make a living from her writing, which she did by publishing her book back in 1999. The different
The first suggestion that Mrs. Johnson should consider would be her career choice factors through trade offs or career decisions. She needs to ask her some tough questions is this just a job for me or can I make a career out of my current job. According to our test a “job is an employment position only to earn money” (Kapoor,2014), however a career is a “commitment to a profession that requires continued training and offers a clear path for occupational growth” (Kapoor,2014). Since Mrs. Johnson still is in College she still can contemplate on her career choice. Bu...
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The practice of child marriages which produces child brides are undeniably a tradition to countries. Nevertheless, this practice of having girls aged 17 and below getting married is justly a societal problem. These girls pose a threat not only to the community and the country they live in but also other nations and even the world. These girls are a sure way for poverty to carry on in its succession and are a stepping stone for diseases to spread out. Not only that, as a child bride would be pressured to conceive a child, the likelihood of the child to not reach the period of maturity would be high. Child mortality rates would, without a doubt, soar. On the other hand, before one could deliberate an answer in ending this problem, one must familiarize themselves as to why the parents or guardians of these girls encourage this practice. Child brides, as pointed out, are girls below the legitimate age of 18 who are betrothed, married or in union with men. Even though there may be cases that the groom himself is of the same age as that of the bride, it is not atypical to see that there are grooms who are in the age bracket of 25 and above. This phenomenon comes about to the underprivileged families of society therefore, some, if not all, of these girls could be considered as uneducated.
The determination of a vocation or calling is a standout amongst the most essential things of life. However it is similarly troublesome. The absence of controlling administrations, legitimate advising and constantly expanding unemployment has further convoluted the matter. There is vicious rivalry. Accordingly, a large portion of the youthful men and ladies looking for suitable occupations are a befuddled, ambivalent and disappointed parcel. It has created a profound feeling of disappointment and indiscipline around the youngsters. A right decision of a profession is crucial essentialness. On it does depend one's prosperity or disappointment in life. A right decision may prompt blissful, prosperous and fulfilling profession and life. Then again, a wrong determination may bring about disappointment, bafflement and misery in life. The aftereffect of delayed hesitation rimy still demonstrates more terrible.
Jhumpa Lahiri inserts numerous ideas hidden behind the words in each story of “Interpreter of Maladies”, containing many fascinating themes throughout the entire thing. Each narrative’s themes correspond in one way or another. It is hard to get a clear understanding of the book unless you are willing to analyze the text and find the common themes. The major things happening are the importance of identity, parent and child relationships, and the many things that take place during marriage. These ideas relating to various situations taking place in each story. When placed together, these topics create a masterpiece.
Any individual may give the preference to choose a career because of the need of society or his own personal needs. The career choice taken by most of higher secondary school students depend on their socio-economic conditions because of mostly families are not able to teach their children’s in higher institutions. Currently poverty is the main issue entire the world that is facing every less developed country and has played important determining role in the opportunities available to all. The income level of the higher school student’s families is also a main issue in deciding the career choice of the students. Crites (1969), Gambari (1990) and Salami (1997), explained that people choose the occupation because of economic reasons with the aim that these occupations will provide them the appropriate financial rewards in their desire
Girls all over the world are forced into marriages due to financial necessity, tradition and to ensure their future. Most of these girls married are at a young age: “One third of the world’s girls are married before the age of 18 and 1 in 9 are married before the age of 15”( “Child Marriage Facts and Figures”). The young ages of those being married reveal how crucial it is to resolve this problem. When child marriage occurs the parents of the bride usually chose the groom for their daughters; and these grooms can be three times older than the young brides. Some children are brought into the world of marriage at the of 8 or sometimes less depending on their cultural views. The following can be used to help reduce the impact of early marriage: reinforcing laws that are passed against child marriages, and providing information on contraceptives to victims of early marriage. The most efficient way of resolving the problem of child marriage is through educating the people who practice it about its adverse effects.
The Feast of Ramadan (a) (i) What is meant by fasting? According to Webster's Dictionary, a fast is defined as: "To abstain from all food. " "To eat only sparingly or of certain kinds of food, especially as a religious observance. " "An abstinence from food, or a limiting of one's food, especially as a religious observance.
Arranging a marriage for a young girl is a simple way for the family to collect dowry money. For families living in poverty this is something they looked forward to since the birth of their daughter. Furthermore, having one less mouth to feed makes supporting the remaining children less demanding on the parents. In addition to financial reasons for the practice, in times of war an arranged marriage is a way to ensure that the child bride remains safe and out of harms way. An important aspect of most religions is purity. “The very idea that young women have a right to select their own partners—that