Book Report Fasting and Feasting The book “Fasting and Feasting” revolves around two families‚ one that lives in India the other in America. The author Anita Desai contrasts the two families. The book focuses on the social role of the woman in the household and the Indian traditions that keep them there. The main character of the book is an Indian woman that is not pretty‚ smart‚ or confident. The story follows her throughout her life and chronicles the struggles she has‚ her failures and
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Fasting‚ Feasting is a wonderful novel of two parts‚ running from the heart of a close-knit Indian household‚ with its restrictions and prejudices‚ its noisy warmth and sensual appreciation of food‚ to the cool centre of an American family. Uma‚ the plain spinster daughter of the Indian family‚ is trapped at home‚ smothered by her overbearing parents and their traditions‚ unlike her ambitious younger sister Aruna‚ who brings off a good marriage‚ and brother Arun‚ the disappointing son and heir who
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Christianity vs. Islam Christianity and Islam are two of the world’s most populous religions. Both are different in today’s beliefs but similar in origin. Like every other religion or philosophy‚ Islam also claims to be the one and only true way to God. The religion of Islam teaches that in order to achieve true peace of mind and surety of heart‚ one must submit to God or “Allah” and live according to His Divinely revealed Law. Being a Muslim requires willful submission and active obedience to God
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In Fasting‚ Feasting by Anita Desai‚ the characters‚ Uma‚ Aruna‚ Anamika‚ Arun‚ Melanie and Rod suffer from entrapment as an inescapable fact in their lives in many senses. On the one hand‚ Uma is suppressed‚ repressed and imprisoned‚ she is a reluctant victim of entrapment at home‚” She walks off to her room and shuts the door behind her. She knows that when she shuts the door mama and Papa immediately become suspicious”. Uma is not able to have some privacy even at her own home‚ her parents
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Similarities Between Charlotte Gilman ’s "The Yellow Wallpaper" and Jean Rhys ’s Wide Sargasso Sea. Charlotte Gilman ’s "The Yellow Wallpaper" and Jean Rhys ’s Wide Sargasso Sea are stories about women ’s tragic lives in the late nineteenth and mid twentieth centuries. These two stories contain many similarities. In the novel Wide Sargasso Sea‚ the main character Rochester drives his wife to insanity. Similarly‚ in the short story "The Yellow Wallpaper"‚ John drives his wife insane. In addition
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Ever thought to yourself‚ “Why do people practice the Judaism‚ Christianity‚ and Islamic faith?” or‚ “What are the similarities and differences between Christianity‚ Islam‚ and Judaism?” Well Christianity‚ Islam and Judaism are all similar religions in some ways but are also very different from each other in other ways as well. Some things that are similar and different are the holy books‚ the symbol of faith‚ and the house of worship. All three religions have a holy book. But the holy books are
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Anita Desai deals with the theme of family by sharing the interactions or the lack of them between family members. She does so by using words which relate to food and the passage from page 194 “Arun sits in front of his bowl of dhal” to the end of 195‚ is significant to the rest of the novel because it shows the relationships the family has with each other and it helps the reader understand the book better. To begin with‚ Anita Desai explores the relationships of characters by referring to the
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Fasting‚ Feasting Topics for Discussion Discuss what you think the author really means by "fasting" and "feasting." What are the physical and emotional implications of each? How do you think the story would have been different if it had been Uma who had gone to America instead of Arun? Do you think Anamika and Aruna ended up having better lives than Uma did? Explain why or why not. What commonalities do you see in the dynamics of both families? What things are vastly different? Discuss the importance
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Syllabus Cambridge International A & AS Level Travel and Tourism Syllabus code 9395 For examination in June and November 2013 Contents Cambridge International A & AS Level Travel and Tourism Syllabus code 9395 1. Introduction ..................................................................................... 2 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Why choose Cambridge? Why choose Cambridge International A & AS Level Travel and Tourism? Cambridge Advanced International Certificate of Education (AICE) How
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Judaism‚ Christianity‚ and Islam are considered an Abrahamic religion. All stated in the Middle East near Israel. Abrahamic religions are those religions traced by their adherents to Abraham. All Abrahamic Religions are considered monotheistic‚ which is the belief in a single‚ universal‚ all-encompassing God. Islam‚ Christianity‚ and Judaism believe that their sacred texts (or scriptures) are the "Word of God." In Christianity the sacred text is the Bible‚ For Islam it is the Qur’an‚ and for Judaism
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