Realism in "Paraja" by Gopinath Mohanty

Reviews the amendments of the 1868 Indian Act, highlighting the conflicts of superiority of rights to Indian men over women. Discusses the avoidance of violence and discrimination against women within communities and the need for an equal relationship between genders

“The Inconvenient Indian” speaks to a general audience and particularly to US and Canada. The book is organized into chapters and each chapter refers to a variety of themes. Some of these themes are history, culture, politics, and laws. By incorporating all these themes,

The `savage' people have a ritual of their own which has multi-purposes. The details of the ceremony involve a `sacrifice' where a boy gets whipped until he collapses in order to "please Pookong and Jesus." (117) Similar to the `civilized' society, this ceremony shows how the people of this society value community and stability. The boy getting whipped is willing to get beaten for the good of the people so that the land would be blessed

In addition to the poor job outlook, the lack of a stable economy affects other social institutions and traditions as well. This can be seen in the ineffective police force when they are unable to find Bela when she is sold in Bihar. Instead, they blame Aulchand and the fact that “poor Bela had this written on her forehead.” They seem to have little power to keep the prostitution trade

The case studies impact on society is that the police in forest more strictly. It was required that everyone has had the right to an attorney.

Attaching great importance to individuality is the third characteristic of market society. For people living in market society, economic advantages are superior to other advantages; the first thing to protect is their individual wealth. This ideological change results from the material condition in market society that people all become single individuals in the factories producing goods for making more money for themselves. In this case, the economic relations rule the social relations (Rinehart 71). Under the structure of the previous social organization, however, “man’s economy... is submerged in his social relationships” (Polanyi 46). People were always concerned about their social relations within their communities (Polanyi 46). They acted so as to maintain their social values (Polanyi 46). The reason for this when it comes to the case of tribal society is that there is no need for people to care much about “individual’s economic interest” because working for the communities enables

In contrast, the “Swanks” – the upper class – will sacrifice everything showing their loyalty to each other. After Nailer and Pima rescue Nita from her near-death, she tells them that her father will offer them “[m]ore than all the wealth [she has] got on [her] ship” (Bacigalupi 112). People in the lower class bring betrayal to their families, while people of the higher class show complete loyalty.

Realism, Naturalism, and Regionalism are just a few examples of the many styles of writing that exist. Each style of writing deals with a specific time period. Stephen Crane’s “The Open Boat”, Henry James’s “Daisy Miller”, and Mary E Wilkins Freeman’s “The Revolt of Mother” are just a few examples of the literary works that represent these time periods. These literary works are perfect examples of the specific time periods each writing style was popular among certain authors. These stories allow readers to compare the modern times that we live in currently to the period these authors were in. They also allow the reader to branch out and be different.

In this story, the Indians often resort to violence when faced with something that threatens their culture, or way of life. They see the fact

The religious practices which are still followed in the country, makes one feel that they are living in the primitive world. The story of Roop Kanwar from Deorala , Rajasthan, is a violent and forceful murder, Which was fabricated as ‘Sati’ by the villagers. When speaking about ‘Sati’, Dalrymple enumerates:

Miguel Cervantes’ Don Quixote is a masterpiece in many senses of the word: at the time of its conception, it was hailed as a revolutionary work of literature that defined a genre, in later centuries regarded as an acerbic social commentary, a slightly misshapen romantic tragedy, and even as a synthesis of existentialist and post-modernist features. At the centre of this Spanish satirical chronicle is the perplexing character Don Quixote. Don Quixote’s personality and perspective is rapidly established fromsince the beginning of the novel, revealing unabashedly to readers that he is mad. The source of his madness lies in the extent to which Don Quixote acts on his delusions and projections unto reality as he saunters through Cervantes’ Andalusia. Don Quixote’s delusions have two primary functions in the novel: demonstrating the reality and tragedy of Cervantes’ manifestation of idyllic themes of love and chivalry, and revealing certain characteristics about narration.

When the tannery is first built, Rukmani, also known as Ruku, describes the moment by stating, “There was a silence. In the unwonted quiet we all wondered apprehensively what would happen next” (Markandaya 27). The intrusion of the tannery builders opens the citizens’ innocent and restricted eyes to the outside modern world. Once they figure out what occurs in a tannery Ruku is disgusted and yet Nathan tells her, “There is no going back. Bend like the grass, that you do not break” (28). In essence he is telling her simply to be flexible and not to pay the tannery any mind. Nathan finds this effortless to say at the moment; however, later on in the story when two of his sons inform him that instead of farming with him that they are going to work at the tannery, he does not take too well to this idea. Working for the tannery is a direct contradiction to their beliefs and Ruku is extremely opposed. With this being said, the family is in desperate need for money and food. With Arjun and Thambi working for the tannery, they make sufficient enough money to give some to their parents to supply for the family. Ruku responds by admitting, “Yet they were good sons, considerate for us, patient with others, always giving us a fair share of their earnings” (52). Hereto, Rukmani is playing an emotional tug-of-war due to her religious beliefs and her

Through the late 1700s and early 1800s, the period of Romanticism blossomed. “Romanticism” very loosely describes the era in which modern culture began to take shape. During the Romantic era, many advancements were made in all aspects of people’s lives and cultures. One aspect in particular has held great value even to this day. That aspect being the expansive amount of literature created during the era. The era of Romanticism had its name for a reason. It can be greatly attributed to the romantic style or genre of literature that defined the period. Romantic writers wove many tales of admiration, longing, and aspirations. They were fantastical, in a sense, and almost the antithesis of realism, even. Amidst the great breadth of literature

E.M. Forster’s classic novel “A Passage to India” tells the story of a young doctor, Dr. Aziz, and his interactions with the British citizens who are residing in India during the time of the British Raj. Throughout the novel, the reader gets many different viewpoints on the people and the culture of India during this point in history. The reader sees through the eyes of the Indian people primarily through the character of Dr. Aziz, and the perceptions of the British through the characters of Mr. Fielding, Adela Quested, and Mrs. Moore. Through the different characters, and their differing viewpoints, the reader can see that Forster was creating a work that expressed a criticism that he held of the behavior of the British towards their Indian subjects.

The traditional method of providing justice has operated to close the doors of Courts to the poor and has caused denial of justice to millions of people. Only a person having ample of time and money is able to afford the services of the judiciary.