Comparison Between Without Name And By Any Other Name

Conflict has continued to remain in our world for centuries. Conflicts can be as big as wars and as small as a simple argument. “Without Title” is a poem written by Diane Glancy about her father’s lost culture when moving into the city and “By Any Other Name” is a story by Santa Rama Rau about an event in her childhood when she was given a new name and forced to act differently to fit in with the other kids at school. These stories are very similar because they both are about bridging conflicts. Sometimes conflicts between individuals can’t be bridged. Censoring books in libraries is a controversial topic. Some may think all books should be available to be read ,while others believe some books are too inappropriate to be placed in libraries.

In the story, “By Any Other Name”, Premila’s sister, Santha has a separate personality at school compared to when she is at home. The text states “At that age, if one’s name is changed, one develops a curious form of dual personality” (By Any Other Name 7). This means that young kids in India who went to English schools began to develop a second personality in order to fit in. This is important because keeping their personalities separate from their school prevents conflicts between the English and the Indian students. So, by separating things from each other a conflict between two groups was prevented. Therefore, by separating the censored books from the other books, the conflict on whether or not censored books should be in libraries is

This conflict can be resolved because in “By Any Other Name” Santha believes that people will have a different personality when faced with an unfamiliar situation. This portrays the idea that some things should remain separate from each other like the censored books and other books. Another example of a conflict being solved in a similar manner is in “Without Title”. This is because Diane Glancy’s father lives with his old culture while being forced into a new culture. This displays a solution to this conflict because people can ignore the censored books and remain true to their beliefs just like Glancy’s father remains true to his culture while distant from it. Lastly, this conflict can be resolved similarly to the solution of Premila’s conflict in “By Any Other Name”. This is because Premila rages out of the English school and claims that Indians should not go to the English school. This is similar because Premila believes the English and the Indians should be separated, just like how the censored books and the uncensored books should be separated to solve this conflict. This conflict has a massive impact on individuals all around the world. People are being refused the right to educate themselves on