Saving Sourdi

Grandparents shows you the way of life, the morals, the values and the culture. This is what Naomi, grandmother of Saul always taught her family in the novel “Indian Horse”. Richard Wagamese, tells his story through his novel ‘Indian Horse’ in the hope to heal and reclaim his life. In the novel, the main character Saul faces tough circumstances which shattered him completely and make him feel worthless. In Richard Wagamese’s novel “Indian Horse” the relation of a grandson with his grandmother shows the importance of elders in person’s childhood. While stating his life story he reveals his grandmother’s importance in his childhood, how she always taught him how to be connected with his cultural values and to do things in the way their

Being close to someone and then watching that person slowly drift away from you is a very painful thing. That is exactly what happened to Nea in the short story “Saving Sourdi” by May-Lee Chai. Chai tells the story of a young girl named Nea who acts rashly to protect those who she loves fiercely, in this case her older sister Sourdi. Ever since they were little, Sourdi and Nea were the closest of all their siblings. When Sourdi started growing up and moving on with her life, Nea couldn’t understand why Sourdi would ever want to do that. Even when Sourdi had her first boyfriend, Duke, she was overly protective of her. She thought that Sourdi didn’t really care about it until she kissed Duke. Sourdi’s mom married Sourdi off to a rich older

Joana commits an act so catastrophic it implants constant feelings of shame and guilt inside her. Shes persistent in fighting these thoughts and she aids every wounded

In everyday life, a relation is always identified as trust and support. In this novel, a relation between a husband and a wife is shown in a different way. Min, one of the characters in the story, is shown losing her mental stability and is living with her two children. She did not have any contact with her husband in few years and neither did he try to contact

Her unforeseen actions are due to the rest care tradition, which has progressively worsened her mental state and caused her to overlook her role as a caring wife in desperation to escape the imprisonment of the tradition. As witnessed from the two short stories, conflicts arise amidst families due to the events of old traditions, establishing a divide between family members that is difficult to overcome once constructed.

During the novel “Purple Hibiscus”, we witness the transformation of Kambili Achike from a silenced, repressed and wary girl into a more confident, mature and happy young woman. This change is brought upon by significant characters in the story, who help show Kambili how joyous the world can be and how she also has a place within this joyous world. And through this Kambili finds a way to slowly crack through her father’s hold over her and come into her own.

This highlights the realistic atmosphere prevailing as well as reflects the true meaning of relationship. The readers are exposed to the mother-son relationship. It can be seen that even if the narrator is a twenty-year old law student, he is still the little boy who needed his neck scrubbed from the point of view of the mother. Whatever good advice the son gives, it is not followed and instead he is given a lecture. This is a typical mother-son relationship which shows that no matter how much a child grows, he always remains a little kid for the mother. Moreover, the readers also notice the routine life of the narrator and his mother. The boy used to accompany his mother to work and help her which makes a four-hour job becomes two. There is solidarity, strong family bond and understanding between them because although he did not like his mother

Have you ever been so close to a loved one that every action they take, you would have to always watch over them because they could be doing something that is not what is best for them? Nae loves her sister Sourdi so much that she tries to save her sister from the choices she had made or is about to make. At one point of the story, Nea would even die for Sourdi. Their strong connection changed throughout the years because of the maturity level that Sourdi was going through, while Nea was stuck in the past. Throughout this essay, I will discuss how Nea truly cares for her sister, Sourdi, and how she was unconscious about what she has been doing, making their relationship weaker.

In the short story “Saving Sourdi,” the characters make the story change from laid back to very intense. Throughout the story, one of the characters gets married off, after having a boyfriend. After she gets married off she seems as if she is sending a cry for help by showing signs of abuse. Her younger sister goes off to save her with her ex-boyfriend causing more havoc because she hadn’t been abused at all just very tired. As this story unravels the way Nae, Ma, Sourdi, Mr. Chhay, and Duke react make quite an interesting story.

In the story of “Sundiata”, two mothers are said to play a significant role in the life of their children. The mothers are Sogolon (sundiata’s mother), and Sassouma (Dankaran Touman’s mother). The mothers in the story of “Sundiata” influence the life and development of their children by changing destiny, providing protection and building up their children’s strength.

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

For example, Sidda had the difficult life with her parent when she was young and that makes her relationships deteriorate when she grew up. Therefore, a negative relationship with family members, especially with adult children, can be harmed and that lead to negative results in the future. On the other hand, a mother's sisters had the big role for the family reunion. From time to time, it does not take an excessive amount of imagination to connect the dots between a cutting-edge turmoil and the childhood experiences that began a down that direction. For example, Sidda understands the depth of her mother’s suffering when she was reminded beautiful times in the past with her mom by sisters and that memories helped Sidda to forgive her mom faults and stop wasting money for a

Duke had had a few women back in the East; a couple of them serious girlfriends, but mostly just flings, or a floozy who could provide him with somewhere to live. The thief was a man who hated commitment, whether it was to a woman, or a lease on his own apartment, and if he could take advantage of someone else's hospitality, he would. It wasn't as if any of the women actually cared much about his infidelities; with the exception of Amy, his second before last, who was still probably hunting for him with a kitchen knife in hand. Cheating and lying was a way of life back home, and the girls were nothing but a little fun who'd used him for his contacts, and took advantage of his generosity, as much as he did they for their bodies and appearance. And that's pretty much all they possessed; good looks. Each had been

The two heroines share a harsh background; they both have had a rough childhood and are searching for a way out of their misery. Their lives are centered around the strategies that contribute to their rise. When writing this essay I was mainly interested in exploring how even the characters with smaller roles could affect the outcome, could shape the path the heroines followed towards their rise, but also wanted to analyze all the aspects through characters contributed to the liberation of the heroines.

The novel Jasmine by Bharati Mukherjee is an incredible story about the transformation and life experiences of a Panjabi girl from India. The life of Jyoti is told from her point of view when she is twenty-four years old, and pregnant with the baby of Bud Ripplemeyer, a crippled banker who is more than twice Jyoti’s age. During the span of two months in Iowa, Jyoti narrates her biographical experiences in Punjab and in America as she strives to become independent. Jasmine illustrates that when one’s relationships go through changes, it will impact one’s identity.