The Postmaster -Summary

‘Marrying Ameera’ is a novel written by Rosanne Hawke and it features a teenage girl called Ameera who is facing difficulties because of her father Hassan and his Pakistani cultural beliefs. Her father being greatly influenced by the Pakistani culture and beliefs wants his daughter to follow it too without any disagreeance. This makes him the creator of Ameera’s difficulties. Whilst Ameera lives in the Australian culture, she is making Hassan worried and Hassan is making decisions for Ameera, based on his beliefs and culture. Culture is also to blame for creating Ameera’s difficulties because honour is accomplished by the following culture.

Mr. Kapasi found a growing affection for Mrs. Das when she expressed that his job translating for patients, which he thought of as a sign of his failings, was actually romantic to her. Mrs. Das began as an inattentive passenger in his tour to the Sun Temple who paid little attention to her kids, husband, and sights around her. She and Mr. Kapasi warmed up to each other while discussing Mr. Kapasi’s other job and tourist attractions. Mr. Kapasi was flattered by this woman who he deemed attractive and in an ill-suited marriage. Because of the new-found intoxication with this women who showed genuine interest in him, he even began to doubt his own marriage with his thoughts, “He wondered if Mr. and Mrs. Das were a bad match, just as he and his wife were,” (Lahiri 53). Both Mr. Kapasi and Miranda began to enter into controversy with their new relationships with partners who made them feel cherished while staying oblivious to other concerning factors in the growing relationships.

When one reads Ruth Prawer Jhabvala’s “The Interview”, it is very clear how gender roles are predominate within the family that is portrayed. Using this family as an extension to represent all of India, Jhabvala gives us some insight into the daily lives led over there. The story is told through the eyes of an upper-class man who is completely dependent upon his family, specifically his brother and the women in the house. This essay will examine the male and female roles that are presented in this short story, how they parallel each other, and the deeper meanings hidden within the text.

The inside feelings of the character are expressed in his real attempts to face the reality in his life to survive in a society that is sometimes harsh and not according to how he wants it to be. To fill the loneliness of the postmaster, there is another character named Ratan in the story who works as his helper in the village. Ratan is a character that indicates a realistic character as well as she grows her feelings while being close to the postmaster within the time they spend their time together. The writer develops the empathy through the eyes of Ratan by portraying her raw and miserable feelings after knowing the fact that the postmaster would leave her after getting back to his original workplace. The postmaster told her about the matter and then she was lost in words which can be seen in the quotation “Ratan didn’t ask any more question.” (Tagore 56). The way she reacted to the situation is a realistic point of view of a young

So when Sourdi started dating the boy their family had hired to wash dishes at their restaurant, Duke, Nea never considered him to be a “fork in the road, dividing [Nea’s] life with Sourdi from Sourdi’s life with men” (Chai 84). Nea underestimated Sourdi and Duke’s relationship and overestimated her and Sourdi’s bond. Soon enough, their mother caught on and ended up firing Duke, but Duke and Sourdi continued to fall in love with each other. Nea wasn’t surprised that Duke, the “funny-looking white kid”, fell in love with her sister (Chai 84). Sourdi is so beautiful that she had some beauty to spare and Nea would sometimes pretend that she was beautiful too. Where Sourdi was smooth, Nea had angles; where Sourdi was soft, Nea had bone (Chai 84). Sourdi is reserved and calm in contrast to Nea who is quite outspoken and rigid. Regardless of their differences, Sourdi and Nea remained close; that was until Sourdi was arranged to be married to a much older gentleman, Mr. Chhay, at the tender age of eighteen.

The stories in David Rensin’s book, The Mailroom: Hollywood History From the Bottom Up, are exciting, intriguing and perfectly suited for reality television. The book, which is comprised of interviews with over 200 mailroom graduates from some of the biggest Hollywood talent agencies, reveals the not-so-glamorous lives of mailroom assistants in the most glamorous industry in the world (Rensin). These mailroom clerks are young, motivated, and competitive individuals who aspire to be Hollywood agents making millions. Such driven and aggressive people would make for excellent reality stars. Due to the combination of business-oriented tasks and out-of-office drama, The Mailroom is the result of The Apprentice meeting Vanderpump Rules.

The social ideology is a large contrast between “Groom Service” and “The Return”. In “Groom Service”, the society is dominated by females because Marie is shy and will not bully Bernard. It illustrates to the reader that women have the dominant position in the family. Therefore, it causes them not to take consideration of the husband’s feeling. In “The Return”, the society is dominated by males. Muthoni waited for Kamau until Kamau’s parents knew that the family cannot go on, so they gave her permission to leave. In fact, if Kamau’s parents do not give away their daughter – in – law, so Kamau can end up being with his wife. However, in “Groom Service”, no matter how hard Bernard tries to stay together with Doris; his desire will never be fulfilled.

Throughout the history, in all cultures the roles of males and females are different. Relating to the piece of literature “Girl” written by Jamaica Kincaid for the time, when women’s roles were to work in the home. By examining

Djinda didn’t think her mother needed her anymore, her feet tapped against the wooden floor and headed into the kitchen. Her mother had received all these old appliances from an aunt who had died when Djinda had barely been one; she hadn’t been in any contact with any other family members – only her father. Djinda didn’t know her mother’s father but her father often told her he was a bad man; he could hurt her given the chance.

The girl was very hard working (Godwin, 41). The girl did all her chores in the house with vigor. She used to take the boy to the post office and participated in making the entire family happy. The sacking was against the wish of the kid and her husband (Godwin, 41). The woman did not reason out in her decision to sack the girl who is described by the husband as being treasurable and dependable. The woman gets upset by the roles that the girl performs in the house and instead choses to chase her away. The tireless efforts by the man are evident in the way he performs tasks even after the sacking of the house help. The man continues to show love to his depressed wife despite her sacking of the girl (Godwin,

At the ripe young age of sixteen, Janie is forced, by her grandma, into a marriage she did not want. She is raised “From the traditional views of the grandmother” (Maupin) so Janie must comply to Nanny’s wishes. Janie is considered a woman at her age. When Nanny sees Janie kissing a boy, old memories re-emerge that remind Nanny of how herself and her daughter were raped. She wants a better life for Janie than her own, so she immediately arranges for Janie to marry off. This is not an uncommon practice in this society to marry off at this age.

The institution of poverty and lack of opportunity for woman is demonstrated by the characters of this novel. Sally, a girl abused by her fathers marries an older man because she is taught that marriage and “belonging” to a man is what will give her happiness and fulfillment in her life. The role of housewife and mother has always been

In addition, the novelist provides us with many diverse roles of women. Women did not have careers, simply marriage offers. We are soon introduced to Harriet Smith, who is an illegitimate orphan, with no options but to hope for a marriage proposal. She does not seem to have a great personality, has a bad background, and no dowry whatsoever, so it is a strange case when the young farmer, Robert Martin, proposes to her.

As a convention, marriage for women has been a landmark of success. It is necessary for a woman to enter into marriage to be recognized by the society as successful. The requisites of marriage such as love and affection are often neglected in exchange for some financial value imposed by the husband. In The Story of an Hour it is exemplified in ?a heart trouble? of Mrs. Mallard while in The Girls in Their Summer Dresses points out to Frances? longing to keep her husband in spite of her doubtful interest upon her.

Similar to the short story, we read for class “Charlie-o.” Kadohata, the author, informs the reader of the situation of the narrator being the stepdaughter of Charlie-o. The offered a statement regarding the understanding of family structure and dynamics, “Now, as the stigmas against divorce and remarriage continue to dissolve, more and more stepfamilies are coming together. While it is never easy to merge two