A passage to india
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- 29. A Passage to India. E.M. Forster http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._M._Forster http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Passage_to_India http://passagetoindiaforster.weebly.com/characters.html http://www.slideshare.net/Javad697/a-passage-to-india-novel-2-color?next_slideshow=1 http://www.slideshare.net/iissflacco/a-passage-to-india-22903745?related=1 http://www.mapability.com/travel/p2i/ . This site is licensed under a creative commons license.
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- I chose this book because its exoticism and the opportunity to learn a bit more of a particular historical moment.
- The novel was written by Edward Morgan Forster. This author was an English novelist, short story writer, essayist and librettist. At the age of eight he inherited money from his great-aunt, which meant he never needed to earn a living. His 1908 novel, A Room with a View, is his most optimistic work, while A passage to India (1924) brought him his greatest success.
- He became a private tutor in Latin to a young Indian called Syed Ross Masood’s who gave Forster his first insights into India. The book, A Passage to India is dedicated to him out of gratitude. In this novel he examines the conflict between Indian and British cultures.
- THE CHRONOLOGICAL CONTEXT: is set in the 1920s. It was the beginnings of the Indian independence movement in the British Raj (The British Raj (rāj, meaning "rule" in Hindi )[2] period of dominion), so the back story of the book is about the inequalities between British India and the native India.
- LANGUAGE AND STYLE: This is a poetic novel with a great emphasis on humans and nature at the same time.
- THE NARRATOR: The narrator is omniscient (all-knowing, all-seeing) but he also gives voice to Anglo-Indians and Indians, showing their thoughts
- THEMES: 1. The difficulty of friendship between an Englishman and an Indian. RELIGION and GOD CULTURE CLASH (culture conflict) EAST VS WEST NATIONALISM IMPERIALISM: racism and oppression of the Brithis who rule India. LOVE WOMEN THEME OF POWER THEME OF JUSTICE AND JUDGEMENT
- All the characters represent different aspects of the relationships between the Indians and the British
- Dr. Aziz: He is intellectual, religious and a doctor. A Muslim doctor in Chandrapore. As a symbol of India, he is intuitive, religious, hospitable, but at times childish, and cannot view situations without emotions. His feelings about the English in India are in conflict: while he appreciates the modern technology brought by the English, is very aware of the oppression and discrimination they bring as well.
- Cyril Fielding: He is the most sympathetic Englishman to the Indians. He is the headmaster of the local college and Aziz's friend. He has been in India for many years and has many Indian friends. He had discovered that it was possible to be friendly with Indians and Englishmen. Mr Fielding said to Aziz “please make yourself at home”.
- A young British schoolmistress who is visiting India with the vague intention of marrying Ronny. Adela is not able to have a good relationship with Indians, although she respects them. Serious, curious and ambiguous.
- She is Ronny's mother. Is another complex character: reflective, sympathetic and sensitive, with a deep Christian belief. She likes Aziz and hates how Anglo-Indians behave with native Indians. She is much more spiritual than Adela, which allows her to connect with Aziz. She is much more like the Indians in the sense that she relies on intuition and emotions to connect with people.
- Mrs. Moore and Adela Quested come over from England to visit Ronny Mrs. Moore's son and Adela's betrothed.
- One day, Mrs Moore meets doctor Aziz at the mosque and they immediately become friends.
- After the mosque, Mrs. Moore arrives at the club. A club that forbids Indians from attending and try to avoid any intimate friendships or relations with the natives.
- Adela announces to the members of the club that she would like to see the real India. To humor her, Mr. Turton, the Collector of the district, offers to set up a Bridge Party.
- At the Bridge Party, Adela is disappointed to find that the British and Indian guests are grouped in separate areas of the lawn.
- During the party, Adela and Mrs Moore meet Mr Fielding who invites them to tea with Aziz.
- In order to show his politeness and hospitality, Aziz invites them to a picnic to the Marabar Caves. Ronny Heaslop arrives, and is horrified to see Adela mixing with Indians.
- After Fielding's tea party, Adela tells Ronny that she is unwilling to marry him. Just then, they get into a car accident. No one is hurt, and the accident is a bonding experience for Adela and Ronny, who agree to marry each other by the time they return home.
- Aziz gets to the train station especially early so nothing will go wrong with the excursion. Mrs. Moore and Adela arrive on time, but Fielding miss the train and Aziz is left to travel alone with Mrs. Moore and Adela. Aziz is nervous because he does not want to be left alone with the women, anticipating that trouble will arise.
- At the caves, the weather is hot. They go in and out of the caves, which all look similar. Within the caves is the haunting sound of an echo.
- While Mrs. Moore is in the cave, which is completely dark, she is haunted by the sound of the echo, which takes over her thoughts.
- Mrs Mooree decides to rest after her experience and let Adela and Aziz continue to explore other caves
- Adela becomes preoccupied with her engagement to Ronny and realizes she does not love him. Before she enters the cave, she asks Aziz about his wife and love.
- Suddenly, Adela disappears.