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Post by NicholasChou on Mar 29, 2022 21:55:04 GMT -8
In "Interpreter of Maladies," the story largely focuses on the car ride and the conversations and thoughts the characters had during that. In the car, most of the details are assumptions of Mrs. Das made by Mr. Kapasi as she is only a stranger but Mr. Kapasi grows an infatuation for her as she continues to listen to his story and he begins to take note of how unsatisfied she seems in her own marriage, similar to himself. Though at the very end of the story, when told about actual information about Mrs. Das, Mr. Kapasi's interest in Mrs. Das dwindles. The pacing of the story and the choice to reveal vital information about certain characters toward the end of the story quickly diminishes all the assumptions made by Mr. Kapasi and even the readers. This creates an effect of having the same naiveness as Mr. Kapasi until being hit with the truth. I agree that the assumptions and jumping to conclusions that Mr Kapasi follows through really takes a great twist to the interpretation over Mrs. Das's crooked and traumatized nature over her unfaithful actions on her husband and family. |
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Post by Trinity Hallberg on Apr 3, 2022 13:31:13 GMT -8
Something about this graph that I noticed is that the most words happen during the drive and this indicates that the greatest amount of events pulling the plot forward happen during the drive. This gives readers meaning and more context to the entire story, that while this family is trapped together in this car we can see the most information about the Das family. We can see that Mrs. Das is bored in her marriage, that Mr. Das is oblivious and also acts like a child with his wife and that that Mr. and Mrs. Das's daughter wants to interact with her mom, but her mom is not giving her any attention. However, outside of the car we still have important information revealed, such as the affair of Mrs. Das, but this is just a small portion of the story as much more is revealed and built in the setting of the drive. |
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