Week XIV/ XV assignment

''Interpreter of Maladies' by  Jhumpa Lahiri

This book is written by  Jumpa Lahiri  who is an American author known for her short stories, novels and essays.  Just like this book which have inside 9 short story.  All of this story talks about different themes but the one that I will describe  is the short story called “Sexy”. This story is about a twenty two year old woman called Miranda who breaks down her affair with a married Indian man named Dev. Although one of Miranda's work friends is an Indian woman named Laxmi, , tells her about her cousin,whose husband had fallen in love with a woman he had met in a plane. Miranda is an adolescent in the adult world. She recently graduated from college and is exploring the real world outside by herself. Miranda knows very little about India and its culture. Miranda t met Dev  a week later, as she was browsing through the cosmetics department. He was described as well-dressed and handsome. At first, Miranda and Dev spent every night together. Unlike any other of Miranda's exes, he payed for everything, always holds the door open and also reaches across a restaurant table to kiss her hand. The couple go to movies, restaurants, and bars. It is at the Mapparium that Dev say to her, "You're sexy." It is the first time that a man has said this to her. She is an innocent girl who  think that is really beautiful and sexy  and this is  the first time that she feel  in this way because never before she listen a thing like that. The next time she is called 'sexy' it is by Rohin, a seven year old boy. In this context, Miranda begins to realise that physical attraction to each other is not real love.In this moment  she understand that  relationship between  her and Dev can not countinue. I think that the author named this story  “Sexy” because the protagonist who is Miranda is a victim of sexuality because Dev use her for his own satisfaction.I like this short story because the author have explain in a good way the theme of this story.The word “Sexy” is the word which  in her contex contain different element such as infidelity ,morality and relationship. Miranda understand that this relationship is something wrong and she learn from this thing. We should learn from this story because not every person that treat you in a good way is your friend and this story show it in a perfectly way. This is  a story of learning from our mistakes and how our own decisions can influence others.