Who is the character?
The main character in "Interpreter of Maladies" who works as a tour guide and translator.
Who is Mr. Kapasi?
Shukumar notes, “There were endless boxes of pasta in all shapes and colors, zippered zacks of basmati rice, whole sides’ of lambs and goats from the Muslim butchers at the Haymarket” (Lahiri 7).
What is loyalty to one's culture and traditions?
What figurative language describes the piece of paper in "Interpreter of Maladies"?
What is symbolism?
The piece of paper with Mr. Kapasi's address flying away in the wind symbolizes the fading of his hopes and expectations related to Mrs. Das.
The narrator says, “Each week Mr. Pirzada wrote letters to his wife, and sent comic books to each of his seven daughters, but the postal system, along with most everything else in Dacca, had collapsed, and he had not heard word of them in over six months” (Lahiri 26).
What is lack of communication/inability to communicate?
The poet states, “My Name, Two names, two worlds / The duality of my identity / like two sides of the same coin / With two worlds, there should be plenty of room / But where do I fit” (Rodríguez, lines 4-7)?
Where does the question mark go?
The poet states, “My Name, Two names, two worlds / The duality of my identity / like two sides of the same coin / With two worlds, there should be plenty of room / But where do I fit?” (Rodríguez, lines 4-7).
This character in "A Temporary Matter" struggles with grief after losing a child.
Who is/are Shoba and/or Shukumar?
In "When Mr. Pirzada Came to Dine", the news on TV represent what theme topic?
What is historical context and separation?
In Jhumpa Lahiri's "When Mr. Pirzada Came to Dine", what does the pocket watch symbolize?
What is the idea of connection that shared time and rituals allow Mr. Pirzada to connect with his family, even across distance.
Lahiri stated that she “also entered a world my parents had little knowledge or control of: school, books, music, television” (Lahiri 2).
What is Americanization/assimilation?
Mr. and Mrs. Das were husband and wife, but did not act like it. The author states in the novel, “Mr. and Mrs. Das behaved like an older brother and sister, not parents” (Lahiri 54). This proves the fact that they did not act romantically towards each other like a married couple, but behaved like siblings and this is prominent throughout the whole story.
What is nothing/no/perfect?
This character took Shoba to the hospital to give birth and went out for drinks with her at a different time.
Who is Gillian.
Lilia narrates, “‘Perhaps I should accompany them?' Mr. Pirzada suggested. [...] his eyes contained a panic I had never seen before” (Lahiri 42).
What is relationships (parent to child)?
In "A Temporary Matter" what literary device employs darkness recurring throughout the story?
What is a motif?
Shukumar “thought of how he and Shoba had become experts at avoiding each other” (Lahiri 5).
What is separation/isolation?
Mr. Kapasi and his wife do not get along since they do not have much in common. Mr. Kapasi even “wondered if Mr. and Mrs. Das were a bad match, just as he and his wife were” (Lahari 59). He saw a lot of his own relationship when watching Mr. and Mrs. Das.
What is Lahiri is misspelled?
Mr. Kapasi and his wife do not get along since they do not have much in common. Mr. Kapasi even “wondered if Mr. and Mrs. Das were a bad match, just as he and his wife were” (Lahiri 59). He saw a lot of his own relationship when watching Mr. and Mrs. Das.
The protagonist in "The Third and Final Continent" works as this type of professional.
Who is a librarian/narrator?
In the poem, "Two Names, Two Worlds" by Jonathan Rodriguez, these thoughts represent what theme topic?
"With two worlds, there should be plenty of room / But where do I fit? / Where can I sit? / Is this seat taken? Or is that seat taken? / There never is quite enough room is there? / Two names, Two worlds / Where do I come from?" (Rodriguez, lines 6-12).
What is search for identity/struggle to adapt or fit in/assimilation?
What is ironic about the title "Interpreter of Maladies" in regard to the Das family?
What is the main character, Mr. Kapasi, is not actually interpreting any maladies, but rather translating a misunderstanding between the Das family and themselves, and ultimately, his own inability to comprehend their emotional depth
The narrator described Mala having “thin brown arms [that] were stacked with gold bracelets, a small red circle was painted on her forehead, and the edges of her feet were tinted with decorative red dye” (Lahiri 209).
Mr. and Mrs. Das neglect their children, which is shown from the very beginning of the story when “[Mrs. Das] did not hold the little girl’s hand as they walked to the rest room” (Lahiri 48). There were also many other cases where they did not watch their children to make sure they stayed out of trouble.
What is rest room is one word.
In "When Mr. Pirzada Came to Dine" who is the friend of the main character who goes trick or treating with her?
Who is Dora?
In "Interpreter of Maladies", references to the Sun Temple represent what three theme topics?
What is religion/historical context/culture?
According to the narrator, "we were bound together […] In those six weeks I regarded her arrival as I would the arrival of a coming month, or season—something inevitable but meaningless at the time. So little did I know her that, while details of her face sometimes rose to my memory, I could not conjure up the whole of it" (Lahiri 191).
What is a simile?
A comparison using LIKE or AS
According to the author, “At home I followed the customs of my parents, speaking Bengali and eating rice and dal with my fingers” (Lahiri 2).
What is loyalty to one's culture and traditions/ assimilation/struggling to adapt or fit in/search for identity?
The story says,” And yet we were bound together;for six weeks she had worn an iron bangle on her wrist,and applied vermillion powder to the part in her hair,to signify to the world that she was a bride.
(pg 207)
What is NOT wrong with this quote?