Lahiri’s “A Temporary Matter”‚ the reader is introduced to Shoba‚ a woman who seems disorganized and who seems to not care about her looks‚ and her husband Shukumar. It is clear that the couple has been having difficulty communicating with one another and that their relationship has been drastically changed. The story is narrated in Shukumar’s point of view and he tells the reader stories about how the relationship used to be. He tells about how Shoba used to be a neat and organized person‚ but now she
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Every day we are given a fresh start; another chance to move forward in our lives and accomplish the things we thrive to achieve day to day. A new day can also liberate us from our past mistakes and provide us with a chance to change our ways. We are all faced with misery and misfortune at points in our lives‚ some more than others. We must recognize that it is not the burden in itself that shapes who we are‚ but how well or how poorly we deal with the difficulties. Sometimes misfortunes can be
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Lahiri’s stories show the importance of communication in relationships. Discuss. Interpreter of Maladies focuses on communication as one of the universal themes throughout the book. The stories demonstrate how communication is the key to the success or failure of relationships. While there are instances when communication is effectively employed and therefore enabled the characters to build strong and intimate connections‚ there are examples of where communication was superficial or ineffectual
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tells a story about a married couple named Shoba and Shukumar that has to face with the grief of their stillbirth child. After the loss of their child‚ Shoba and Shukumar are trying to avoid each other. They go to work earlier and come back home later. Shoba even brings home more extra work to keep her busy during evenings and weekends. Meanwhile‚ Shukumar puts his computer and pretend to work on his dissertation in the nursery room from which he knows that Shoba will stay away. Every evening when the
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A Temporary Matter Husband and wife Shukumar and Shoba are notified that their electricity will be turned off at 8:00PM for five evenings in a row in order to fix a power line. Shoba tells her husband this news. He looks at her‚ noticing that her makeup has run from her time at the gym. He reminisces about how she would look in the morning after a party in happier times. Shoba insists that the electric company should work on the lines during the day. Shukumar takes slight offense at this idea; since
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relationship. When the electricity went out‚ Shukumar went to search for something to put the birthday candles in so he and his wife Shoba could see their dinner. As he saw no better option‚ he settled for a potted ivy plant. The plant sat on the windowsill over the sink‚ but the “soil was so dry that he had to water it first before the candles would stand straight” (10). It was “inches from the tap” (10) but still dry and almost lifeless‚ much like the couple’s love. Shoba and Shukumar’s love was healthy and
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the story climax was the portrayal of a couple living a monotonous lifestyle‚ as she painted pictures in how these two people live their life from day to day. The narrator‚ Shukumar‚ is extremely observant and does an excellent job in highlighting the little things in his life. “These days Shoba was always gone by the time Shukumar woke up. He would open his eyes and see the long black hairs she shed on her pillow and think of her‚ dressed‚ sipping her third cup of coffee already‚ in her office downtown
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his novel and eat in the room that was meant to be the babies “because it [is] a place Shoba [avoids]‚” (8). This contrasts Shoba’s decision to “[take] her plate to the living room‚” which is an area accessible to both of them‚ showing that she is at least making an effort while Shukumar cowers in another room (8). This solitude stems from his anxieties about not being there for Shoba in the hospital; Shukumar is avoiding his wife because confronting her means confronting his guilt. Another subject
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and “Interpreter of Maladies” resulted in conflict. In “A Temporary Matter”‚ the conflict in was the game that Shoba and Shukamar played‚ referring to the revealing one truth about oneself when there were not any lights‚ and the game where they were hiding from each other‚ hoping to avoid awkward encounters. This was an internal conflict from Shukumar’s perspective because Shukumar was thinking of how to play his next move in order to effectively restore the relationship. ”Now he had to struggle
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relationship is only an affair to him. She gets a different field of emotions and due to miscommunication is left confused and left in the dark‚ alone‚ as she knows that she is being used‚ knowing their relationship has led to a dead end‚ much like Shoba and Shukumar in ‘A Temporary Matter’. Communication is the most common way to learn about your heritage and each other. The absence of this can lead to confusion and an emotional displacement‚ a sense of not knowing who you really are. When people
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