Jhumpa Lahiri is well-known for her emphasis on everyday objects to symbolize cultural tradition and assimilation in her stories. Food, religious artifacts, and clothing help to determine who her characters are. By focusing on mundane objects in “This Blessed House”, Lahiri is able to explore the marriage and assimilation of Twinkle and Sanjeev. Objects immediately …
The famous phrase that makes a lot of people turn to philosophy “To be or not to be – that is the question” is among the William Shakespeare’s best renowned and used quotes. Obviously many people do not even understand what part of the Shakespeare’s writing this phrase is extracted from, or what it actually …
Franz Kafka’s “The Metamorphosis” has simple and uncomplicated plot. Gregor Samsa was an ordinary man who focused himself to work as a salesman, a job he despised, just to provide his parents and his sister a comfortable life. He even ignored the fact that he neither had friends nor a life of his own. His …
Defining the role of a ritual in a society can depend a great deal on how homogenous the society is and whether all its members participate in the same belief patterns. In “Ritual”, the authors point out that too often in Western culture we have come to associate ritual with religion and that simply is …
The high point of ‘To the Light house’ is the dinner party. At that moment in the evening there is a sense of all-pervading light and warmth. The lightening of the candles at the dinner party has a two fold effect. It causes the group of people gathered round the table to come close together, …
“Everyday Use” is a symbolic representation of Black movement of 1960s but it does not manifest the Afro-American quest for socio-cultural identity like other Black Movement literature. It symbolizes the conflict that existed within the Afro-American community in a simple way and also presents life in relation to modern and traditional concept of Afro-American heritage. …
