“This Blessed House” by Jhumpa Lahiri is a story about two people joined together as the result of an arranged marriage, learning to live in a new culture, and must learn more about each other. Through the course of only a short period of time, a couple of conflicts arises between Sanjeev and Twinkle after moving into their new house in the US. One is that they slowly come to learn they are two completely different people and must learn to compromise. Two is that they keep finding Christian relics
Hi, I’m Dilsher Brar and today I’ll be talking about Jhumpa Lahiri’s use of structure in the Interpreter Of Maladies to create unconventional stories from common situations. I have chosen four texts to aid me in my presentation. These texts are- Sexy, Interpreter Of Maladies, Temporary Matter and This Blessed House. My main reason for choosing these texts is the fact that all of them revolve around similar issues- mainly marital issues and adultery. These situations are very common now days and
Moving to a new town can be hard, adjusting to a new house and meeting new people. Moving to a new country, however, can be far more difficult. Not only are there new people to meet, immigrants must adjust to an entirely different culture and language. Many find it hard to assimulate into the new culture, while still maintaining they customs and traditions of their old country. One author who writes about immigrants' struggles is Jhumpa Lahiri. She heard stories first hand of the struggle to adjust
notable that this kind diaspora is most of the times a voluntary one. Diaspora does not stands for an individual exile rather it emerges out of migration of people, whether they travel together as community, family or as an individual. Like a man leaves home and goes to another land. There, he finds a few others like him and sets up a new home. His family joins him, sometime later and gradually his adopted home becomes his new home and the old homeland becomes the thing of past and like this, we can say
notable that this kind diaspora is most of the times a voluntary one. Diaspora does not stands for an individual exile rather it emerges out of migration of people, whether they travel together as community, family or as an individual. Like a man leaves home and goes to another land. There, he finds a few others like him and sets up a new home. His family joins him, sometime later and gradually his adopted home becomes his new home and the old homeland becomes the thing of past and like this, we can say
A House is not a Home Religion is a state of who you are. It signifies a person 's mental activities as well as their physical attributions to the world that surrounds them. Religion is a form of state that distinguish between different types of groups and cultures. While in a specific religious group, one must abide by all the rules and commit to what the religion has to offer. It is known that when a person disobeys their religious they get looked at as an outsider, or just as a person from another
a fractured psyche (Pandey 32). This conflict of culture, of identity, of belongingness accounts for the desperate attempts of the Indian emigrants to hold on to their traditional values, culture and most importantly, their family which ensure them that, in a far distant place, there is a “home” and “homeland” awaiting to accept and guard their sentiments. In her debut work of fiction Interpreter of Maladies, which won the Pulitzer Prize in 2000, Jhumpa Lahiri , the U.K born, Rhode Island raised
is always one of those things that scare us, but it is also what draws us into love. It can affect the way people interact with each other. In comparison and contrast of the two stories “A Temporary Matter” and “This Blessed House” in the book Interpreter of Maladies written by Jhumpa Lahiri, we could see how unpredictable relationships can be and how it impacts on people’s relationships. One of the most important things that can build a strong relationship is when the two people understand each
Jhumpa Lahiri’s Interpreter of Maladies shows that many struggles of Indian immigration into America. When immigrants come to America, it is believed to achieve the American dream of freedom and success. In her short stories, Lahiri shows how transitioning into American culture is quite a difficult struggle and might not be what each of the characters might have expected. Within the three short stories Mrs. Sen’s, This Blessed House, and The Third and Final Continent shows a variety of ways the “American
Jhumpa Lahiri’s short stories in Interpreter of Maladies all deal with some aspect of belonging to more than one cultural group, whether it be Indian, American, etc. Though they each attempt to compromise with the changes in their life, whether it be moving to a different country or having an arranged marriage, the characters are disconnected from their identities or loved ones. A large part of American and Indian culture is marriage, whether it be arranged or of the person’s choice. But marriage