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    up tomorrow. Thus‚ the unpredictability in love is always one of those things that scare us‚ but it is also what draws us into love. It can affect the way people interact with each other. In comparison and contrast of the two stories “A Temporary Matter” and “This Blessed House” in the book Interpreter of Maladies written by Jhumpa Lahiri‚ we could see how unpredictable relationships can be and how it impacts on people’s relationships. One of the most important things that can build a strong relationship

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    In Jhumpa Lahiri’ s “Interpreter of Maladies”‚ Mina Das and her husband are put into an arranged marriage‚ where essentially she is told to love and live the rest of her life with a man in which she barely knows‚ all because that’s what her society expected of her. Societal expectations for women are also brought up in Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s “The Yellow Wallpaper‚” where the main character is seen as mentally weak and is overall degraded because she has postpartum depression‚ which is misunderstood

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    Jhumpa Lahiri’s Interpreter of Maladies depicts the convergence of the remorseful lives of Indian immigrants with American culture‚ estranged physically or spiritually from their homelands and facing adversity adjusting to America’s sterility. In the story‚ “Mrs. Sen’s‚” the sense of transforming into an American lifestyle indicates Mrs. Sen’s quiet strength‚ but an overbearing loneliness sinks into her life as readers begin to sympathize with her life. Mrs. Sen’s resistance to assimilate to American

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    achieve it with full motivation and inspiration. So‚ once can eagerly claim that a place where one finds love‚ prosperity and calmness is known as family. A place where mother’s unlimited love‚ and a father’s unconstrained support is given to their children. But‚ being a part of this group does not always ensure prosperity; as noticed in the story narrated by Jhumla Lahiri‚ the “Interpreter of Maladies”. In this story‚ Miss Jhumla Lahiri narrates the fact about a family who are basically from Bengal

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    divorce. When problems are finally brought to the surface‚ many people do not understand how to feel about them and at times can act irrationally. In the book Interpreter of Maladies‚ a collection of interesting and thought-provoking stories‚ Jhumpa Lahiri examines many of the problems that couple may be trying to figure out how to cope with the pain. Insecurity is “a lack of assurance of confidence” and it is one of the problems many people face in relationships. Feeling insecure in a relationship

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    Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri tells a story about a family on vacation in India. The story shows how much a single family can be completely distant and careless of one another. No one in the short passage sees each other for who they really are. The parents‚ Mr. and Mrs. Das‚ do not act like parents to their three children instead they act as an older brother and sister. The Das marriage is nothing near a stable‚ loving‚ or happy relationship. Their relationship is entirely thoughtless

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    Throughout both “Interpreter of Maladies” and “Sexy”‚ Jhumpa Lahiri’s exhibits an ironical emphasis on the idea that while loneliness pushes people towards keeping secrets‚ it is those secrets that add to their loneliness in return and create greater damage to the highlighted relationships. While both stories hone on an unfaithful marriage‚ in “Sexy”‚ the perspective is given through the ‘other woman’ with whom the husband‚ Dev‚ cheats his wife. Throughout the story‚ Miranda seeks a connection to

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    relationships is ‚indeed‚ easily perceived in this short story in particular. I rummaged through two main levels that food can be studied from. The first angle revolves around food as an excellent representation and reminder of the Indian culture and the Pakistanian culture. Mr.Pirzada and Lilia’s father are seperate embodiments of their own cultural identities .Nevertheless‚ food emerges as a supernatural power that gathers those two different identities. It becomes a cure of the bleeding self ‚ the distorted

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    In "Interpreter of Maladies‚" Jhumpa Lahiri uses Mina Das’s red outfit as a way to represent an unfaithful woman‚ who is disconnected from her roots‚ and has fallen out of love with life. Her guilt from keeping a secret that one of her children is not from her husband‚ but from an affair‚ has caused her to act in a very distant and uncaring way. Through the family’s visit to the Sun Temple‚ and the hills at Udayagiri and Khandagiri in India‚ accompanied by Mr. Kapasi‚ a Gujarati interpreter for a

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    Throughout the collection of short stories‚ Interpreter of Maladies‚ by Jhumpa Lahiri‚ many characters have varying levels of success assimilating and accepting American customs. People face adapting to new cultures in various ways‚ which is reflected in the short stories “Mrs. Sen’s” and “When Mr. Pirzada Came to Dine”‚ as Mrs. Sen completely isolates herself from society and is unwilling to change her routine to work in America‚ opposed to Lilia’s family‚ that views their new home as a safe place

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