This new book called Interpreter of Maladies is pretty decent. I really like it compared to the other collection of short story books that we have read previously. This one for some odd reason has caught my attention more than the other books. I think that each of these short stories had enough story in them that I could get hooked enough to stay interested, but at the same time they weren’t too long to get you tired of the story.
I really enjoyed one of the questions we talked about today. It was #3 on the sheet. It said something along the lines of this, “What do you think the point the author is making about marriage and its place in the Indian culture?” My opinion that I have drawn from the stories was that the Indian culture values marriage so much more than we in America do. In the Indian culture it is so important to get married especially for a woman. From the story The Treatment of Bibi Haldar, I could draw that if you weren’t married in this society then you really couldn’t live life to the fullest. You weren’t treated equally and basically thrown away. This would be compared to a woman who is married which would have rights and have a man, children, and a household to take care of. In an Indian culture if a woman doesn’t have things to take care then they basically have nothing else to do with their lives.
Overall I am semi excited to read the remaining stories in this book. I really hope that I can learn from them and get insight into other cultures that I don’t know much about. So far there are a lot of relationship stories and I hope that continues because I really think they are kind of enjoyable.
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I totally agree with you on the stories, I like them a lot more then the other short stories we read. For some reason these grab my attention and keep me interested, but they aren’t too long. I am also excited to read on and see what all of the stories are like.
ReplyDeleteThe Indian culture does value marriage a lot more then we do in America, they take it a lot more seriously. And if you are women in India who isn’t married, your life is pretty much over. If you weren’t married then you definitely aren’t treated equally or given the same rights as a woman who is married with children. The fact that the Indian culture values marriage is both a good and a bad thing. On one hand they are totally devoted to their marriage and focus all of their energy towards its. However, if you aren’t married you are totally shunned from your society, no exceptions.
I also agree with you about how these short stories have been more entertaining. I really don't know why they have been but maybe it is because these stories are about different cultures, which I find interesting.
ReplyDeleteThe way that the people in from these countries find marriage so important is very interesting to me. It really is true hthat the lifes of these women really are not complete until after they are married. Once they are married they spend there untire lifes just taking care of there husband and family. They just have a completely different take on the whole marriage thing.
I love how this books have caught my eye too. They just grab you and pull you into their depths. its great how we can learn about a different culture in the same story. We learn about how important it is to get married in India, while here in the United States, a woman can do just fine without a man, we dont really need them and can survive on our own. However if an Indian woman doesnt get married than she will most likely be banished, its just they way it is. We have also had a little history lesson in When Mr. Pirzada came to Dine. We learn about what the Indians and the Muslims had gone through. I really enjoy when i get something out of the stories and this collection of short stories did it for me. I'm glad that we got this book chosen for us, its a good one.
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