India part 2 Flashcards
What is the plot in “A real Durwan” story?
Boori exaggerates her past life in Bengali. Two neighbors (Mr. & Mrs. Durma) buy new basins (sinks) recluse Mr. Durma gets promoted. This causes everyone in the building to want new luxuries and spend money to make it better. (Ex: paint the shutters yellow). But because there are so many people, Boori takes to walking outside and gets her keys stolen. Therefore her building gets robbed. They blame her because she wasn’t there. They end up kicking her out saying they need a “New Duran”.
Which character in “The Prophet’s Heir” turns into a religious fundamentalist?
Hashim who is the moneylender.
In “Gunga Din”, the speaker compares Gunga Din to Lazarus. A reference in literature to another story, myth, etc. is called a _______?
Allusion
What is a durwan?
A durwan is a door keeper.
Who is the protagonist in “A real Durwan”?
Boori Mag
Who is Brahma?
A Hindu god, he was the creator
Who wrote Ganga Din?
Rudyard Kipling
Gunga Din story uses…
Flashback and exposition (at the bar)
Why do story tellers like en media res?
It grabs the readers attention
What is theme in a real durwan? Exposition? Allusion?
Money/wealth. Calcutta, apartment. When boori ma says her life was good until the partition and she was deported (which is a reference to history)
Stuff about Sheiki Sin
he dies, his wife is blind but becomes able to see at end, his kids leg become healed at end but they are bitter cause they can’t beg anymore
Stuff about hashim
kills his daughter accidentally, son dies of hemrage, wife goes to insane asylum.
What is the exposition in the hair story? Name a symbol
Regina at the river with boy in a coma. This story uses flashback. The prophets hair
Main point of brahma story?
“if you fly, I am the wings”, this suggests brahma is in all things.
That is the theme
