Dev and Simran” is about a modern couple, Dev and Simran living in the suburbs of Mumbai dealing with the problems of married life and death of their infant daughter. Dev dies and then Simran is left alone to pick up the bits and pieces of life with the help of their group of close-knit friends, who in different ways personally mourn for Dev and try their best to support and help Simran pass through this phase. The author ‘Eunice de Souza’ gives us a clear picture
The story has a remarkable way to portray a different image of friendship, love and commitment. It shows how uniquely different people juggle with the struggles of daily life silently like a ghost. As it is said, the true essence of friendship is tested during adversity and not prosperity which is rightly
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She is left alone scuffling between the loss of her husband who succumbed to blood cancer too soon after the death of her one month old baby daughter Sara."Sara’s death made me feel punch–drunk, both eyes bleeding.”(E.D. 100). She regrets the moments she has missed upon; she is annoyed by the fact that she did not let herself totally open in front of her husband and not talking to him about a whole lot of things. She has now become conscious of the fact that her marriage wasn’t a perfect one. After such a great loss, she is now capable of handling tasks all by herself; she has grown into a new matured Simran. Being aware about the transformation she had undergone, she mentions in the letter addressed to Dev that, “I am not a wax dummy anymore am almost human. Being human seems to be an ambition worth these days.” (E.D. 42) “I feel I’ve been living like a zombie” personifies the fact that she misses her husband so terribly that she had not gotten over the five stages of grief (laid down by psychiatrist Elisabeth Kubler-Ross in 1969) which includes denial, bargaining, anger, depression and acceptance until six
As of the mother a person who settled uneasily who was struggling to adapt to the lifestyle in Canada has become a person of regret or sorrow as her decision making was impacted based on her moods which came with life impacting consequences, which showed the true person she was and didn't deserve the husband she had. The father a caring person who had deserved the best for himself has gotten the worst with her wife and his brother who had an affair that broke the two apart, which made Hing-Wun chou (Father) realise that his hard work for the family had all gone forcing it into the Dragon Cafe, which strengthened his self and mentality for a better future for the Dragon Cafe and easier life for Hing-Wun
The situation of the story starts of splendid and merry until the wife’s “little surprise” results into a more saddening conclusion. The husband’s identity is much like a controlling, punishing introvert. The wife’s identity was opposite to her husband, a loving, open hearted extrovert. These opposing identities
The Death of Ivan Illych brings an excellent in-depth description of Elisabeth Kubler-Ross’s 5 cycles of grief theory. In the book, it shows how Ivan Illych goes through these cycles in their own individual way. The cycles that Kubler-Ross uses in her theory are: denial, anger, depression, bargaining, and acceptance. To get a better understanding of these cycles, this paper will describe each cycle and provide quotations that will help develop an idea of how someone going through these cycles may react.
Friendship can be shown through the words of anyone in any form, whether it is short or long, in a simple poem to a complicated novel, even in a simple common book such as, Bridge to Terabithia. The author, Paterson, uses many of reasonable literary elements in her book, such elements encompass: character, plot, setting, theme, style, point of view, and tone. These seven elements show us that friendship between the main characters, Jesse and Leslie, in Bridge to Terabithia, although interrupted by many everyday occurrences, can develop quickly, without one's realization. And that friendship, that was suddenly started, can be suddenly gone with the least suspected. In this instance, friendship is suddenly ended, there would be the
The protagonists of both texts rely on the power of companionship to overcome obstacles in order achieve their goals and dreams and similarly, when faced with their dream alone, they are
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
For all of the ups and downs of Henry Lee’s life he makes his life good with his love and friendship. Jamie Ford wants to get the reader's attention on friendship by writing Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet. Henry’s life was a wild, crazy, and hectic he was shunned out by his family just because he was being a good friend. Friendship is something that people can not live without. Just like Henry did a lot of things just so his friend can be happy, he showed that his friendship meant a lot to him knowing there was consequences.
Friendship opens our minds to different views and perspectives and change our perceptions. It has the power to change people’s views on life in a positive way. True friends will do anything to keep their friendship alive, no matter the barriers. Potok proves through the friendship of Danny and Reuven that friendship can be achieved no matter the barriers. He proves that friendship is a key value to life through his motif
The friendship of Hassan, Amir and Finny and Gene are very similar. The authors show, how their friendships work. Both friendships are meaningful and are used as a literary device to let us know more about the characters. They
The novel brings out the themes of close friendship and family. It teaches the reader the extreme importance of having friends you can rely on when situations
For example, he has a loving family who would always be there to support him. In conclusion, the conflicts in the story, person versus society and person versus self, show the need to be optimistic during tough times.
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 Baganda” by African griots is an ancient Ugandan proverb about friendship. The main idea about friendship in this proverb is that things that come naturally tend to be better than things that are forced. My favorite line in the proverb is “The one who has not made the journey calls it an easy one.” This is my favorite line because I personally connect to it and it truly shows what certain situations look like from the outside. The overriding emotion of this work is caution. I think this proverb has this emotion because it is explaining how friendships most times are natural and pure, but you have to be careful because not all friendships are as they seem. In our culture, many things are forced and many times we don’t think to look from
You review is impeccable and so rich with descriptions. At the same time you consider the various distinctions among characters that are completely opposite. I like to see your decisiveness and determination to see the good and bad withing the points of view. I have no doubt that you are clear what is the real meaning of being the devoted friend
Throughout literature and film, common themes have appeared and stand out once seen by a viewer and reader. Because of these themes being so prominent, they have shaped culture and society into what it is today. One of the most important and well-known theme is friendship. A bond as strong as friendship is shown to be able to conquer anything. Literature shows the ups and downs of friendships time and time again, and in most cases, towards the end, those relationships have changed characters’ lives causing people to relate to it. However with any relationship, the downs in friendships can always reach rock bottom at some points. Authors use friendships to create archetypes about different sets of characters. Because of this companion archetype, people are able to find different ways to fulfill those empty spaces in their very own lives.