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.

Assignment 14-15

Interpreter of Maladies

Something that always attracts me in a book,poetry are the titles,because they are like the key of the story or the mystery to be unraveled.”Interpreter of maladies”,who in the story is our main character:Mr.Kapasi,but who is also a travel guide.The story isn’t just about him but also is focused in the marriage of Mr Das with Mrs. Das and to the interpretation of Mr.Kapasi to their relantishiop.Marriage means that the couple shoud understand each other,but in this case there is no communication among them , so how should we call their relantishiop?It maybe can be an arrangement because they have a child.A child that even is not  the son of Mrs. Das but of one of his friends. On the other hand we have Mrs. Kapasi ,who unlike the couple is a good communicator,because his jobs depends on the ability of communication but alike them he is lonely.I mentioned many times:communication because is the main theme of the story but also it can be “a tool” that people could use for different things to work.I think that communication is the message,because a friendship could work if there is communication,a marriage could work if there is understanding and finally the world can work if there is communication among people.

Assignment 14-15.
This book by Jumpha Lahiri,was full of stories one that i really liked was the first one named a temporary matter.From the title i understand that it has to do with something temporary that dont last forever. This story speaks about a couple which are called Shukumar,  and Shoba .At the begining, the author has open the story using the words five days without electricity .Actually no lights means darkness for this house.it seems that the relation between the couple wasnt good and maybe this "darkness" will bring them together.What was the problem of this distance? After i read it all realise that their child had died and they suffered a lot this disaster the lack of child.This is very painful for them even though for those who read. In fact they tried to rekindle their marriage but unfortunately ,their marriage was destinated to fail because the reason was lack of love, and lack of communication .I liked this book because it gives the message that nothing  lasts forever and we should be able to face the problems that life give us and never give up.

Week XIV/ XV assignment

''Interpreter of Maladies''

"The bluest eyes"

The main theme that I find in "The bluest eyes" is opression,discrimination and low selfesteem dye  to society.In the center of the story is pecola,a teeenager black girl,who live in a family that is not a compact one.Pecola find difficulty to be adapted ina society where the prejudice is dominant,and even in here family she does not feel the warm of the family.She is exluded by society,firstly because of her colour skin and secondly she was"ugly"thought by society and even by her  own race.Going through the story it's so painfull a human being can be treated as something without value.After all we are humans being,and we are all equal befor GOD.Each one of us is created with a certain purpose in life.All are beautiful and all should have high selfesteem.The most precious  and crucial thing in our life is what we realy are,our character,dignity,our pure heart and soul!

Week XIII

Toni Morrison "The bluest eye"
In this book is described the story of a girl, Pecola.She is raised in a family where her parents fight very often.Her mother works while her father drinks all the day.Pecola is an Africo-American and her skin is dark and she is judged by school mates,neighborhood and called ugly.She is affected by those people and she wishes for the blu eyes to look beautiful.One theme of this book is racism.The girl is discriminated by others for her appearance.She is regarded as 'ugly' but why she had to believe it.We are beautiful for our own not for others.Everybody is beautiful even that girl with dark skin.Also she is raised in a family where her parents werent united to learn their children to have self esteem or to accept their own as they are.This wound had started earlier where black people were used for everything and mistreated and is hard to close this mindest.One other issue and I think more important is rape that happened in this story.In this case is called incest because the rape happens inside the family.The father rapes her daughter when he was drunk,maybe he was unaware,but this act is very fatally.He left her daughter pregnant and the child dies.This is a sad story from the beginning till the end.The way story is described in an amazing way.I think while reading this story we all learn more and our mind start thinking different.

Alice Walker "In search of our mothers garden"
Walker describes the story of her mother who escapes with the man who loved.She worked very hard and especially in the garden.People abuse with black women so their life wasnt easy.They were mistreated every time and underestimated.They were poor but her mother makes thier life more beauty with the way she loves them.The love she spread to their children may be more bigger than other white mothers spread.So,where is the difference?They live,love,work in the same way as all people around the world do.Differentiation of these people seems as well and nowdays especially at black women.

Week XIII assignment

In Search of our Mother's Garden, by Alice Walker

This is a book writen by Alice Walker. I like this book  because is talk about her search of the African American women’s suppressed talent, of the artistic skills and talents that they lost because of slavery and a forced way of life. Throughout this story, Alice Walker explains many hardships of life and struggles during the times that her family went through. Also explaining how even in the hardest times when your in despair, you may be able to find the one specific thing that puts you at peace. Alice is a  girl who always used to stay with her mother, and support her in everything. She was a black women and the life of black people characterizes in her work .Just like Alice's mother, she  was a women that sacrifice her life for their children,she was always in work for her children to have e better life.  Alice's mother is a very hard working women who struggles to run their family and feed her children. She has no free time because her day starts before sunrise and ends late at night, but even she had time to take care for garden.In these story black woman are treated as a “sexual object” to do all the thing that man want to do. The black women knew very well they right ,they do not want to be object in the hand of man , but they dont have courage and strength to act for this thing. I like this tilte “In search of our mother garden”because express the strength ,courage and care for the things that she really  wants.She really wants to care for her garden because she belive that if you make something with love and passion every thing that you want will realise,  you should never give up and kept doing what you really want to do. Everyone has a specific garden of theirs, they juts have to find it and make a positive change to do things more better.



The Bluest Eye , by Toni Morrison

The Bluest Eye tells the story of a young eleven year old black girl named Pecola .  In the story, Pecola desperately wishes to have blue eyes in order to be accepted amongst white children in America. Unfortunately, due to her skin color and the way she looks, Pecola's life severely changes in painful ways. She live in a family with her mother ,father and her brother.  Her mother  Pauline works as a housekeeper for a rich white family. She lived a horrible childhood and also suffers racism like her daughter Pecola. Her father is an  alcoholic ,violent and abusive. And she has the brother to. In this book is tell the story how Pecola was raped by her father  in horriblie way and this thing happen for the second time.She said this thing to her mother but she didn’t belive her. In this book the main themes are prejudice ,discrimination and rape. Pecola exemplifies this in the story because she is often verbally and physically abused by others along with being called "ugly" due to the fact that her skin is black and her eyes are not blue.In this story Pecola was prejudice for her skin and eye color and  I am disagree with this fact because everyone is unique in  their owm and no one should prejudice for those things. Pecola begins to believe that if she only had blue eyes, her family life would be completely different and people would love her. This is a wrong belife – that by changing your physical appearance you could change your all life. This thing is completely wrong because we do not have to change, to accept by others .We should accept ourselves  for who we are and not  what others want us to be.