Childhood Memories Are Precious And Precious

Mas Arai, the main character of the Summer of the Big Bachi, is a 74 year old gardener in living in Pasadena California. This man has been has seen significant struggles in his life everything from surviving the bombing of Hiroshima to the loss of his wife. Now his career as a gardener is beginning to diminish. “At the height of Mas’s career, he had half a dozen of these customers. Hollywood doctors, actors, big businessmen. But now there was only one. Mrs. Witt”, (Hirahara 40). With the dwindling of his career along with the struggles of his life, all Mas wants is to live the American Dream. With everything that is going on presently in his life, the last thing that he needs is for past circumstances to arise; but that is exactly what happens. Mas finds himself unveiling a mystery of his past.

So too, the mood shifts subtly throughout from regretful nostalgia “in scenes where we belong but have now forsaken” to something stern and more defiant, “Let none tell me the past has wholly gone”. In the final lines, it is almost as though the narrator is warning the audience that there is no escaping our past, and of how strongly she believes that our past is still ‘all about us and

An analogy has been drawn about how she was in the past and how is she now. She was a carefree person, demanding love in her life, wanting to take care of her children and become a house wife and now she works as a schoolteacher, has become a responsible person concerned about her husband and child, struggling for her son’s life, bearing tantrums of her sister-in-law and living in a small house in a small city. On the other hand, Komal, sister-in-law of Anjali is a character shown who seems to be frustrated from her life from the time she has lost her husband. The book has depicted another face of an Indian woman, who lives her entire life following the customs that the society has decided for a widow. Anjali tried to make her first marriage successful by taking care of small things like making her husband, his favorite cardamom chai and best of meals while Prakash’s second wife Indu was never concerned about any of his likings and gave priority to her own personal

The narrator, a young girl named Nea, starts the story in the middle of action. She told that she stabbed a man with knife at eleven years old in order to release her older sister, Sourdi, from the man. “I charged and stabbed the man in the sleeve” (9). This situation is not only a introduction of this story to the readers, but the further explanation of the events explains each of the characters involved in this story. The main character of this story is Ma, who willing to sacrifice Sourdi’s happiness in order to please the man in the society. Next, Sourdi is another main character in this story. She has beautiful face that attracted the attention from admirers throughout this story. Then, Nea is also main character in this story. She is impulsive young girl who reacts in rash to protect her sister from the men that can threaten their relationship.

His next destination is a city near the river, once inside he is seduced by an elegant courtesan, Kamala, but she refuses to have relations with him until he becomes a rich man. Kamala introduced Siddhartha to a Kamaswami, a wealthy businessman, who teaches him the ways of the business world. Siddhartha is quick to become successful and in return Kamala teaches him about love. Gradually Siddhartha falls under the spell of worldly possessions and loses the spiritual voice inside of him. He realizes that in order to achieve enlightenment he needs to leave his city life behind. Siddhartha then wanders into the countryside and once again meets the ferryman, Vasudeva. He asks is he can live beside Vasudeva and be taught the ways of the river. Kamala reappears in his life once more when she is crossing the river with her son, she is bitten by a snake and dies but is able to tell Siddartha that he is the father of her son. Siddhartha’s son stays with him for a while but then runs away because the simple life that Siddhartha leads is not enough for the son, who grew up surrounded by material goods. Siddhartha meditates for many days on the loss of his son, he finds comfort in the river and talks to Vasudeva about his revelations. After listening to the river together Siddhartha finds enlightenment and the ferryman claims he has been waiting for this moment then departs into the forest. The novel ends with Govinda

One of the most outstanding themes in this story is the manner in which the author expresses pure honesty in her views. She gives an honest opinion concerning any issue that affects her life without being belittled by the status of the individual or what other would say. The fact that she gives her positive and negative feelings about something is very impressive given that she grows gradually in the autobiography. During her former years, she is very honest when expressing her feelings about her dad after he left them for another woman. She is also very disgusted by the irresponsible behavior of George Lee after he claimed that she was the one who lit their house, thereby making her to be thoroughly beaten by her dad (Moody 2011, 12). She felt like killing him by herself for incriminating her in the offence.

First, this novel showcases acts of caring for family and friends, during a rough time for all the Indians bringing them closer into one community. The protagonist Sabine displays acts of caring among her friends and family. For instance, near the end of the novel, Sabine helps her mother’s friend, Lalita, despite having a sour relationship with her. Sabine saves Lalita from being arrested by lying to a military officer, thus making Sabine a more confident and brave person. Sabine faces her fear of the military and gains the power she

Finally, Jayanti’s first exposure to the world outside her Aunt’s house and the events that lead after, changes who she really is,

At the end of the story, Abdul ends up trying to haul recycling from places that are farther from Annawadi. Asha launders money through her fake kindergarten business. Manju becomes a new secretary and co-signer for Asha. Sunil finds out what he must do to survive because he doesn’t want to be a thief anymore. He goes to the narrow ledge of pavement above the Mithi River where he can find cans and bottles. Finally, Annawadi is torn down to make way for progress. The people of Annawadi need to move out, so they move to different places. They are gone, but their memories are still there. They have left a great

tells them about a man named Vikram who “is becoming a teacher for many people, and is the only one

"I was assailed by memories of a life that wasn't mine anymore, but one in which I'd found the simplest and most lasting joys" Part 2, Chapter 4, pg. 104

After going through this novel, “The hero’s walk” Nandana, the young girl has no other option than to live with her grandparents. In passing days, she may be adapted to Indian culture. Her grandfather Sripathi as usual writer letter to the editor of the News paper starting, “early this morning, at Toturpuram beach, I saw the most amazing sight....”

The first short story of the novel, Karintha, who at a young age “had seen or heard, perhaps she had felt her parents loving… She played ‘house’ with a small boy who was not afraid to do her bidding” (Toomer 4). She has had many partners, even at a young age, some of which were unintentional. Later, when Karintha is finally a woman, “A child fell out of her womb onto a bed of pine-needles in the forest… It’s pyramidal sawdust pile smoldered” (Toomer 5). Karintha had her child in the forest on a pile of pine-needles and sawdust and set it on fire leaving her new born to die. Noone had

The chief attraction for Virgil is of Jaya because she is the only person in that house capable of procreation and genuine emotion. There is a passing reference to a seer’s prediction that she would never become a mother. As prophecies are often equivocal, the curse on Jaya may be in fact indicative of her husband’s impotence. The illicit relationship with her brother-in-law must be seen as the manifestation of her irrepressible yearning to become a mother. Though her mother-in-law always finds fault with her sexual transgressions, she is the only character in the play who is true to herself. She desperately protests against the encroachment of colonial coercion and urban mechanization that enter in the form of the Guards and Agents. Her thirst for motherhood remains unquenched by the sham finger-play of her pitying brother-in-law. She is the only person who stands her ground in spite of the devious argumentations and warnings of Virgil. And she alone is fully conscious of the present condition: “It is not really a life any more. We’re just spare parts in someone else’s garage –” (34T).

Even in early stages of life, Runa was destined for greatness. She grew up learning to not only be fluent in Bengali, the native language, but also in Hindi and English. There was a brief time where the school was strictly girls only, but that changed soon after Runa attended due to the growing population. She enjoyed her studies very much. Returning home was the best part of her day; at home she would receive catering by “house-help” as she called them. How nice it must have been for her to have such a pampered environment to retire to.