mrs sen's essay

Mrs. Sen faces difficulty adjusting to her new life in America and leaving behind her Indian values in Jhumpa Lahiri’s, “Mrs. Sen’s”. She continues to adhere to Indian customs such as her shading her part with “crushed vermilion” and preparing Indian food with a traditional curved blade (Lahiri 117). Learning how to drive distresses Mrs. Sen the most about her new life in America. She is easily distracted by something on the road and is unable to focus. Mrs. Sen fears driving is because she refuses

In the story “Mrs. Sen’s”, Lahiri presents the struggles of assimilating into a new country and portrays how lonely and restricted immigrants can feel. She is able to do this through her use of the character, Mrs. Sen, a woman who is originally from India. Throughout the story we see how difficult it is for Mrs. Sen to assimilate to the lifestyle in America. Her days, usually consist of staying in an apartment while her husband teaches at a nearby university. Mrs. Sen’s Indian lifestyle still seems

In her short story “Mrs. Sen’s,” Lahiri utilizes descriptions of culture and adjustment to life in the United States to illustrate how difficult she considers the pull between different worlds and the cultures that surround them. The implications of this affect not only immigrants, but their families, conflicting cultures, and sense of where they belong. Lahiri subtly presents the issue of Mrs. Sen missing her home in bits and pieces, allowing readers to catch onto the well of loss within her, which

While most of the stories show how assimilated to western standards can be difficult, Mrs. Sen’s is the most important out of the stories because Mrs. Sen’s is reluctant to settle in America, and upholds the traditions of her life back in Calcutta. When Mrs. Sen came to America, she was astonished by the lack of care given by everyone else. She asked Elliot that if she “began to scream at the top of her lungs. Would someone come?”(6). All she had to do back in India was “raise your voice a bit, or

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