The huts of the people were burnt down. Most of the women were raped to death and dumped into the deep waters of Sunderbans. The notorious Morichjhapi incident also brought an untimely death to Nirmal, husband of Nilima who was the aunt of Kanai. In the novel, it is the diary of Nirmal that portrays the pathetic and evil realities of the Morichjhapi incident. The word “Morichjhapi” means pepper island. The Morichjhapi incident occupies an “unhomely” space in the postcolonial studies. The supreme problem of dispossession of the refugees can also be seen in it. The dispossessed seek a new home that drives the search for familiarity, since …show more content…
Horen was a fisher man who lived in the island of Satjelia. He was married at a tender age of fourteen and hence became the father of three children in his teenage. Kusum too was from the village of Satjelia. Her father died while foraging for firewood in a place that was off - limits to the villagers. He had not been in possession of a permit at that time, so Kusum’s mother did not receive any compensation. With no means of livelihood she was reduced to a state of destitution and was helped by a man named Dilip Choudhury who was disguised as a landowner by profession. In reality Dilip Choudhury was an agent of gang that trafficked women. For him, Kusum was of supreme significance than her mother. Smelling out the danger involved Horen saved Kusum and put her in the custody of Women’s Union in Lusibari. But tragically Kusum was killed in the notorious Morichjhapi massacre of 1978 - 79. Of all the downtrodden characters the most significant character of ”The Hungry Tide” is Fokirchand Mandol who was the son of Kusum. After Kusum’s death, Fokir was brought up by Horen. Even though he was an illiterate he had thorough knowledge of the deep waters of Sunderbans. In perfect contrast to him his wife Moyna Mandol was an educated lady who really aspired for an excellent nursing profession. Like most of the loving couples they had constant fights between
Their relationship is made to be even more strained
The relationship had much less time to be beneficial to either
One would assume that the unique bond shared between them would lead to the start of a formal relationship, but to our surprise the couple was not united at the end of the film. Again, supporting the claims of an
Amari was a 15-year-old girl who was soon to be married to Besa, a strong young man. All that changed when their village was attacked. The village was celebrating the welcoming of the strangers, the strangers shot the elderly and the children. Amari's parents and her brother, Kwasi, had died that tragic
Before them, the relationship was peaceful and without
Born to Bengali parents in July 1967,in London and with her family’s move to Rhode Island, Jhumpa Lahiri began life in the U.S.A. She grew up in the background of traditional Bengali culture. From childhood, she often accompanied her back to India-particularly to Calcutta (now known as Kolkata).. She observes that her parents retain a sense of emotional exile and she herself grew up with conflicting expectations. In her work, Lahiri, is a second-generation immigrant, reflects on the Indian diaspora and creates a narrative that reveals the inconsistency of the concept of identity and cultural difference in the space of diapora.
Chikatilo’s parents were collective farm laborers who lived in a one room hut. They received no wages for the work they had done, instead they received the right to cultivate a piece of land behind the hut they all lived in. The family seldom had a good supply of food; Chikatilo later claimed not to have eaten bread until the age of twelve. The family had to even eat leaves and grass in an effort to stave off hunger.
In the story, the women are oppressed by the society. This is narrated through the delivery of the main antagonist’s id, the gender inequality in enforcing laws and the marginalization of women. As a result of Rasheed’s id, Mariam and Laila are consistently physically and emotionally
The word trauma is used to describe experiences or situations that are emotionally painful and distressing. The out come of the study is shown in the following conclusions. First, from analyzing the novel, it shows that Hosseini wants to illustrate his idea about women lives based on gender and social backgrounds in Afghanistan and depicts what life is like for a woman in male dominated society. Second, Hosseini’s novel “A Thousand Splendid Suns” is mirroring the traumatic problems they have developed in reaction to the harsh and cruel treatment of Afghan patriarchal society and the tragedies and difficulties they endured to survive.
Khushwant Singh’s Train to Pakistan recounts the event of the Partition of India, which happened in 1947. Set in a fictional village of Mano Majra, the novel aims to depict the cultural and political clash between the Sikhs, Hindus, and Muslims and, by following the development of the characters, unveil the moral of humanity. Throughout the novel, Singh portrays the experience of conflict that each character, including Juggut Singh, Iqbal Singh, and Hukum Chand, has to deal with. Based on the characters’ development, Singh’s goal is to present the idea that love always conquers the power of violence and ethnic antagonism. Singh starts off with a description of the Partition and of Mano Majra, a habitat for Sikhs, Hindus, and Muslims.
In real life, they would not of been together because of standards, and
Red tides Red tide is a generic term for harmful algal bloom or HAB. Red tides occur as a result of explosion of algae population such as dinoflagellates. The expansive population concentrates along the water column and cluster in one area of the ocean, this results in the change of color of the surface water. Red tides occur along coastal areas.
For every living creature it’s a common thing to struggle with nature and at the same time with other beings as well. As Piya and Kanai in Ghosh’s text make deliberate decision to conserve the people and the environment of the Sundarbans with commitment and relocating themselves in the place environmental values need to be inculcated in their mind along with the idea of compulsory human responsibility to save plant earth. The rich variety of the characters in the novel The Hungry Tide, as they form intertwined historical and mythical tales, enable Ghosh to create novel which, with much empathy, forces the reader to immense difficulties inherent in sharing the humaneness in humanity, and myth and descriptions of the landscape to highlight the elemental and beautiful in nature. The Hungry Tide does not pose a solution to this conflict; it only request awareness, empathy, for both humans and animals, by the environmentalists and humanist respectively. Existence is at the end not possible without
Hemingway presents the elements of failure and suffering in The Old Man and the Sea by depicting several instances of suffering and failure which the Old Man, Santiago, has to go through throughout the course of the novel. According to Hemingway, life is just one big struggle. In the beginning of the novel itself, The Old Man, is presented as a somewhat frail old man who is still struggling with his life as well as his past failures. His skiff even had a sail which bore great resemblance to “the flag of permanent defeat”, with its multiple patches all over.
After hearing that story, he was inspired to write a play and “Riders to the Sea” was written. Considered one of the greatest one-act plays of modern theatre, it combines elements of rural Irish life and its pagan influences with Greek tragedies. He masterfully paints a picture of the sorrows of Irish rural life and the perseverance of the people in the face of their harsh environment. Character Analysis Major characters in this play are Maurya, Cathleen, Nora and Bartley.