A Temporary Matter essays
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In the short story “A Temporary Matter' by Lahiri Jhumpa, a young Indian couple, Shukumar and Shoba, suffer from unresolved grief. The couple have been married for a few years and were about to have their first baby. However, three weeks before the baby’s due date Shoba went into early labor and suffered a stillbirth while Shukumur was away. Both the husband and wife grieve for their baby in very different inhibitions that prevent them from moving forward with their...
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Prompt one states that Lahiri’s subject is not loved failure but the opportunity that an artful spouse, like an artful writer, can make a failure of that. I agree with that statement because people's opinions on love and marriage can be altered just from one person's wrongdoing. The short story of “Sexy” exhibits this the best by explaining an affair between Dev and Miranda who are both married. If you truly wait for the right person and claim you “love”...
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Thesis: An author’s word choice, sentence fluency, and their tone contribute to their style of writing and help achieve a certain effect while shaping the story and its characters. An author’s word choice can define which emotion a reader feels as they progress through a story. Their use of certain words can create a mood and convey a whole new story if the words were changed. A reader's association with certain words with certain emotions can shape their interpretation of...
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Characters and Themes «A Temporary Matter» is told from the third-person perspective of Shukumar, whose name means « Very sensitive » in Bengali. Shukumar is indeed very sensitive, and the death of his still-born child has had a tremendous impact on his life. Shukumar is a middle-aged man with an inferiority complex, as he is still finishing his thesis: « adding to his anxiety that he was still a student at thirty-five » (p.3). He is described by Lahiri as...
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Mexican novelist Carlos Fuentes once said, “Recognize yourself in he and she who are not like you and me” (www.goodreads.com). Being an immigrant himself, Fuentes understands the difficulties and challenges that an immigrant may face as a result of coming from a different culture. However, he implies that they are just like everyone else; suffering from personal problems and trying to adapt to what life throws at them. This idea of immigrant struggle is commonly found throughout literature, as portrayed...
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