The Indian-English-Friendship Dilemma in E.M. Forster’s A Passage to India E.M. Forster’s A Passage to India begins with a description of the Indian landscape and a debate between Muslim Indians whether an Englishman can be friends with an Indian. This question is mirrored in the conclusion of the novel. The debate includes Dr. Aziz and his Muslim-Indian comrades. Mahmoud Ali agrees that is not possible for an Englishman to be friends with an Indian and Hamidullah claims it is possible to be for the English and Indian to be friends; albeit, in a place other than India. Hamidullah’s opinion is significant because it sets the tone for this section of the novel. The novel focuses on Aziz who has a negative outlook on the English from the outset. Aziz’s states during the debate: “Why talk about the English? Brrr.. Why be either friends with the fellows or not friends? Let us shut them out and be …show more content…
Prior to the trial Fielding and Aziz’s friendship is seen as a symbol of successful humanism. This implies that the English and the Indian can be friends if both men can treat each other with kindness and open-mindedness. Fielding proves to be rare among the English with an “Indian” quality of recognizing the intention behind words as much as the words themselves. Aziz shares this quality. This commonality between them and their eagerness to be friends also contributes to the idea that they are capable of a true friendship. However, this changes drastically once Fielding allows Adela to seek refuge in his home following the trial. This shift in their friendship is due to an increased bitterness towards the English on Aziz’s part and the social circumstances that Fielding cannot completely escape while in India. As well, they cannot avoid that Aziz is an Indian and Fielding, though liberal and humanistic, has the intrinsic traits of the
The poem “Fade” bring to the light the pain of Jackson after Stuart’s death. Unconsciously Jackson can’t let go his friend. He stared to have dreams about Stuart. He really miss Stuart. As Jackson describe Stuart in his dreams, he says, “Wanted to say good-bye” (11s.
Friendship. It is something that is essential to human life. Without it, life can be miserable. However, spoiling children is something the world should be without. It happens constantly, though.
Through not only his own, but others’ personal stories, Ansari appeals to emotion and strengthens his argument. Lastly, with the use of data he effectively informs the audience that Muslim Americans should not be considered
It is within this ideological framework that the precise nature of the lawyer’s ostensibly humanist outlook and charitable gestures attain greater clarity: the act of bestowing upon Turkey “a highly respectable looking coat of [his] own” is exposed as an essentially economic exchange, a “favor” designed to be repaid with the prompt abatement of “[Turkey’s afternoon] rashness and obstreperousness” (Melville 1106). Failing to grasp that social relations are unreducible to purely economic relations, that clearly defined principles of transaction, operating only on one level of reality, are often inadequate to accounting for individual psychological complexities, the lawyer is the embodiment of the bureaucratic mind at its most impersonal: highly
Friendship is something everyone needs to survive. Without friends, there is no one to look to in times of need; no one to support you . In the novel Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck, it is clear that George and Lennie are best friends who always stay together, even though their relationship is strained. But sometimes, friends must do what is best for the other. Due to this, it is clear that George was justified in killing Lennie at the end of the novel.
In order to evaluate the contribution of qualitative research on friendship, it is crucial to define and have some background of friendship, define and understand qualitative approach and then evaluate its contribution to friendship research. Friendship is considered to be one of the pillars of day to day life starting from childhood to very old age. Friendship is a complex endeavour and can be difficult to define as it may have different meanings to different people at different times. Friendship has different stages and occurs inversely in different stages of life i,e childhood, adolescence, and adulthood friend, long-term friend, best friend, good friend, school friend, college friend and etc. Friendship is a mutual trust and support between
The Qualities of Friendship Great friends have great qualities. I think the qualities of friendship that matter most to me are courage, loyalty, and intelligence. Many characters in the story "Where the Red Fern Grows" have these qualities. However, I believe that Little Ann has these qualities the strongest. I will show you how.
During the Vietnam war soldiers took many sacrifices, including leaving their families and being outkast’s in society. But during the war they made really good friendships. The Vietnam war made people lose their lives, friends, and families. Many people didn 't support the war so they protested, and when the soldiers came back from war they were treated like outcasts. In the novel “The Things They Carried,” by Tim O’Brien, the book shows the themes friendship and sacrifice through key details like when someone dies they still remain friends even though they had a sacrifice.
There has always been tension between the Indian and British people because of the the British People's colonial rule in India from 1858 to 1947. In By Any Other Name you will see many examples of the tension between the two ethnicities. The memoir about two Indian sisters, Premila and Santha, and their difficulties in British schools. In By Any Other Name, the author Santha Rama Rau uses diction, imagery, and tone to express a central message about personal culture and how you should stay true to your personal identity even if you are judged.
Friendship can be a key element or theme to a work of literature. Friendships can be expressed in different ways throughout their story. Most stories express friendships as a high and low in one’s life. A friendship can be strained or broken because of outside forces, such as political views that are occurring in the story’s plot. “Recitatif” by Toni Morrison shows that one’s race can put a strain on one’s friendship.
On the other hand, his Hazara servant and childhood friend, Hassan, has always remained loyal to Amir even with his atrocious betrayal. His knowledge of Amir’s deceitful actions never impeded him from ultimately sacrificing himself for Amir’s benefit. Hassan’s compassionate and forgiving attitude added to Amir’s guilt, making it nearly impossible for him to forgive himself. Hassan’s tremendous sacrifice highlights his kind hearted nature, which eventually positively impacts Amir’s life turning him into a more appreciative person. Growing up together led Amir and Hassan to
The worst pain in the world is the betrayal of a friend. This can be said about two boys raised in Kabul. Despite coming from different social standings, portraying strikingly different characteristics, and leading contrasting lives, the novel, “The Kite Runner,” written by Khaled Hosseini describes how the relationship between Hassan and Amir still remained unbreakable. Friendship is a strong bond that can occur between seemingly similar individuals or people who contrast each others personalities.
Set against the backdrop of Naples, the characters in Ferrante’s My Brilliant Friend are immersed in a world of violence, ignorance, and poverty. Under this shadow, Elena and Lila struggle to define the past of their parents from their own future. In fact, it is the weight of despair that allows small moments of joy to become vibrant within the story; as James Wood describes, “deprivation gives details a snatched richness” (Wood 10). The luminosity of moments like when Elena travels to Ischia, when the two girls purchase Little Women, and lighting fireworks on New Years Eve, are integral to the depiction of brilliant friendship between them.
We are going to see to what extent we can say that Macaulay’s “Minute on Indian Education” reflects British society and the western point of view at the time. In a first part, we will focus on the opposition between Orientalists and Anglicists and in a second part, we will see about the western society seen as culturally superior compared to other nations and societies. On one hand, there was an opposition
One Amazing Thing. Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni. USA: Hyperion, 2009. 209pp. Under the rubric of Commonwealth Literature, there is always a bewildering array of overlapping and intersecting experiences between ‘home’ and ‘abroad’.