The Places We Know and Love - 579 Words

How do you continue to love the ones after being married? Books are like love, they are easy to start but will you be able to stay until the end to see the outcome. Jhumpa Lahiri, writer of the Interpreter of Maladies, illustrates the characterizations of marriages that have been constantly been on display of mystery that is healthy and steadfast. Her type of writing does not want the reader to think she is trying to ruin the relationship but to understand that how little the other person they truly know. Each story is very compelling and illustrates the beauty of Lahiri writing on an emotional level. The Interpreter of Maladies has a certain flair and lasting impression on the reader to rethink about the crosses between different cultures and how they affect the person love in coming to the â€Å"new world.† A life of an immigrant is an experienced by that person. One view Lahiri creates is in her short story â€Å"The Third and Final Continent† where she shows a fam ily making a challenging but smooth transition from India to America. In the story, the narrator is very excited to finally come to America, but is also filled with doubt on what to expect. In 1969 he gets a job at the MIT library in Cambridge. Before flying to the US, he returns to Calcutta to marry his bride in an arranged marriage. Her name is Mala. In traditional Indian customs, when the man leaves to find a new home, the women usually stay until he has settled to follow him there. He finds a small apartmentShow MoreRelatedBiblical Worldview : People Are Created The Image Of God863 Words   |  4 Pages(Genesis 1:26-27 ESV). As we can see from scripture God created the the heavens and the earth, and then God created man and woman to rule over it. Since we are created in the image of God we must share some of the same characteristics. â€Å"Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love.† (1John 4:8 ESV), so from this we know that God loves us because he created us and he is the perfect example of love. â€Å"To the Lord our God belong mercy and forgiveness, for we have rebelled against himRead MoreThe Rental Heart Analysis954 Words   |  4 PagesWhen we are loved, we tend to feel it intuitively in our guts. But how does it work? Is there an extrasensory perception in the heart that is able to read the feelings in another person’s heart? Love is an assortment of contrasting feelings. To ask, â€Å"What is love?† would be the same as asking, â€Å"What is running?† or â€Å"What is swimming?† If you ever seen someone run or swim, you know exactly what running and swimming entail. The story â€Å"The Rental Heart† deal with love and the feeling you get when loveRead MoreLove as a Muse677 Words   |  3 PagesThere can be no art without love, therefore I know love is the Mother of all Muses. There are many kinds of love, you may be in love with an idea, a pet, your newborn, your work, your partner, or with God. In the last two cases you are passionate, and you find yourself at the peak of your inspiration, you are exalted and fell like being under the influence of a powerful drug. When in love, an artist knows no limits. When in love, one is generous and selfish at the same time, one loses oneself inRead MoreThe Brilliant Comedy of Shakespeares Twelfth Night Essay1630 Words   |  7 PagesSchool House Rock teaches that â€Å"three is a magic number.† We see threes all over the place: id, ego, superego; mother, father, child; father, son, holy ghost; reading, writing, ‘rithmatic. One place where the magic of three does not fit is in romance. Sex (conventionally and biologically) only has room for twos: sperm and egg; man and wif e; big spoon and little spoon. Groups of three in the world of love create tension for the characters and audience, and the discomfort with the situation andRead MoreAnalysis Of The Poem The Birthmark By Nathaniel Hawthorne1651 Words   |  7 Pagesperfect, humans also desire the need to love and to be loved in return, which often leads to unhappy, bad, forceful relationships as expressed in â€Å"Living In Sin† by Adrienne Rich. Within our human lives we often desire to be labeled by who and what we are so we can know our place in this world; which is pointless because in the end death does not care who you were and â€Å"Color—Caste—Denomination—â€Å" by Emily Dickinson is an example of this. However, Super Sad True Love Story portrays humans who possess multipleRead MoreThe Story Teaches Us About The Art Of Storytelling924 Words   |  4 Pagesactually got to the place will draw a reader into a story. Why that person did what they did will intr igue the audience more than stating â€Å"this person did this.† Who that character is as a person will connect people to that character than an underdeveloped character. The ending of the story explains this when she wrote: â€Å"Now try How and Why.† How a person got to the place they are at is one of the most important factors in a story. Story A begins by stating John and Mary fall in love and get marriedRead MoreLove Is A Unique Attitude1039 Words   |  5 Pages Love passes various stages, and people associate the meaning of love in the terms of their own experiences. Even though, as everything has its advantages and disadvantages, most of people hear the word Love has in mind the positive attributes of the word. The Longman Dictionary stated that Love means to care very much about someone, especially a member of your family or a close friend (Love. Def. 1). An explanation of the meaning of love in this dictionary too tightly focuses on just oneRead MoreMy Love for You~1089 Words   |  5 Pagesabout you or miss your presence.Your love takes over me all the time..My days are like nights when you are not around. Your love brings the sweet sunlight into my heart. Every moment feels so incomplete without you. Without you the days and nights are longer. The way you look at me, gives me a taste of paradise. I know I can always count on you. T hank you for everything. I love you truly, madly and deeply. I find my heart cascading with your never ending love. You are just everything to me. You areRead MoreHedda Gabler by Henrik Ibsen652 Words   |  3 PagesI have chosen to look at the way we approach living life. You can look at the glass as half empty or half full. Your choice will determine how you look at things. In Hedda Gabler, I think that her approach to living life was looking at the glass as half empty. She was negative about everything and she was also a very manipulating, ungrateful, crazy woman. I wish I got to go on a 6 month honeymoon like she did!! She didn’t seem to appreciate her long honeymoon. Not many people get a 6 month honeymoonRead MoreSome Christian Songs1126 Words   |  5 Pagesrevival let it begin in me (2x) Touch my heart, my mind, my soul, oh, Lord Let it begin in me Let your Holy Spirit fall afresh Let it begin in me. â€Æ' In The Name Inspired by Tara Overton By bndsawyer April 8, 2008 Whatever you’re going through Don’t know what to do God is able and it’ all in the name No matter what the cost You don’t want your soul to be lost Call on Jesus ‘cause it’s all in the name Verse: God can do the impossible Don’t fret †¦ don’t doubt Just trust and believe For at the name of