It is difficult to be one single person in a big city, with so much to see and so much to become. How does one choose who to be? How does one choose what to make of herself? In the story Big Blonde, written by Dorothy Parker along with Not Much Fun, and The Portable, for Hazel, work was the answer. Work, though, was not just work. It was being friends with people from work and meeting other people from those friends, having parties and living life to the fullest. Until one day for Hazel it becomes
The events in a person’s life can change the way a person thinks and behaves. In the novel such a long journey by Rohinton Mistry, the main character Gustad faces many obstacles in life, and that leads to him becoming a better person as the novel progresses. Gustad Noble starts off as a negative, tough, and a stubborn person, but later on he turns into more of a perceptive, open minded, and a positive person. The main character Gustad, goes through the events such as father and son conflicts because
The Cultural Conflict: An Analysis of Jhumpa Lahiri’s Interpreter of Maladies Manoj Kumar (Research Scholar, Department of English and Modern European Languages, University of Allahabad) Email- m4nojkk@gmail.com Abstract The present paper tries to analyze cultural and social theme that we face in the fiction of Jhumpa Lahiri, one of the most dazzling authors of diaspora. The topic of culture is always a matter of interest especially when it has to do with an alien setting. Lahiri’s characters
Technology has become man’s second nature in the modern world. All the walks of life have come under the influence of technology accelerating explorations in human culture and existence. Developments in technology have become important elements in politics with widespread global, economic and socio-cultural implications. By positing technology in a broader cultural, political and socio-economic context, the real relationship between culture and technology can be established. Technology has become