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    Everybody experiences bad communication with a friend or loved one at some point in their life. Interpreter of Maladies is a book written by Jhumpa Lahiri filled with many short stories that all involve Indian culture and gaps in communication. Three stories in the book where two people have a gap in communication with one another are A Temporary Matter, Interpreter of Maladies, and This Blessed House. In A Temporary Matter Shoba and Shukumar have had problems communicating with each other ever

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    Since a young Indian writer Jhumpa Lahiri released her first book "Interpreter of Maladies," the author and her book's characters have attracted a lot of attention. The nine stories of the "Interpreter of Maladies" are filled with details of Indian culture which help the author to present the life of Indians living in America in a new sophisticated manner and assist Lahiri in her attempt to reveal earlier unfamiliar to many people aspects of the everyday lives of the Indian immigrants. In the story

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    An Analysis and Comparison of “Hills Like White Elephants” and “Interpreter of Maladies” Imagine a foreign land in the early 1900’s. A couple sits and waits for a train to Madrid, Spain overlooking the long white hills across the Valley of Ebro. In the short story “Hills Like White Elephants” many symbols are introduced through a brief conversation between a couple with a heavy underlying issue. With little background information and sparse dialogue, a reader can only use their imagination. In

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    In Jhumpa Lahiri’s Interpreter of Maladies and Stewart O’Nan’s Last Night at the Lobster, the temporary situations each character encounters shows the inevitability of hardships and signifies that reality does not always correlate with the ideal. Through their grief, Shukumar and Shoba become different people through the silence that they experience in the light, which contrasts with the relief and satisfaction they encounter in the dark. Their comfort from this darkness embodies a brief moment in

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    Many of life’s fantasies can resemble someone from our past or someone we care about. Every so often, a reader may come across a story that feels as if the narrator is telling the story through his or her own life experiences. The story “Interpreter of Maladies” is a convincing third person limited omniscient narration by Jhumpa Lahiri, and it shows a diverse use of compelling characters and symbols, which allow the readers to learn how narrators can use symbols to present their emotions and characters

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    the choices made relating to this union. Many of these issues are discussed in the collections of short stories, Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri and The Thing Around Your Neck by Chimamanda Adichie. Both of the authors’ stories examine the cultural experience immigrants endure, marriage often playing a large role. A Temporary Matter from the collection, Interpreter of Maladies uses a well-established immigrant couple, whereas Arrangers of Marriage from The Thing Around Your Neck uses an arranged

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    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 I

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    One of the things I found most interesting about the Interpreter of Maladies was the perspective it took on the whole situation. While there was a narrator who was outside the story, the progression of the story followed Mr. Kapasi’s view more than any other character. Even the paragraphs that described him, which increased in numbers as the story progressed, were self-aware and increasingly self-conscious. Mr. Kapasi seemed to be a very reliable narrator and a very observant narrator though he is

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    your significant other if you do not treat them right. They start to seek what they do not have in their marriage in those who are single or those who are married and feel as though they give more than their partners. In the short story “Interpreter of Maladies” the character name Mr. Kapasi is a married man whose wife does not take his job seriously and just has a negative spirit after what has happened to her son, she has not been the same woman he had married. He has taken the job at the doctors

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    Have you ever had a crush on someone, but then found out he or she only like you as friends? Some of the stories from Interpreter of Maladies slightly relate to the idea mentioned previously. The characters mistake different types of love for others causing some disappointment and hurt feelings. The definition of love can mean an intense feeling of deep affection for someone, someone, or something that you love, or a feeling of deep romance or sexual attachment. Love can be shown in different ways

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