Characterization
of Lata:
A.
Lata´s development
Lata
is a young Indian woman living with her husband in Cardiff(UK), where
she has only been living for four months.
Lata
is living in the shadow of her husband Anuj. She is trying to learn
how to love him, but finds it quiet hard; ”Lata stared at Anju, and
then at her hennaed hands. It was true, she was his bride and wanted
to love him desperately, but he made it so difficult for her at
times”. Page-two, line 55-56.
Lata
is missing her old life in India, and finds it difficult to adjust to
her new life in the UK. She boosts her bad mood for the better, by
focussing on Indian things, like her memories from India, Indian food
and the background of a Bollywood film, that is filmed in her home
town; “Lata stared greedily at the screen, her eyes devouring the
background images of her home town, where the film had been shot”,
Page-three line 118-120. and P-four, line 135;” They Walked out of
the theatre, bright eyed and tired. Lata was happy, having spent
three hours in sunny Mumbai, reliving her past.”. Afterwards she
speaks about buying a DVD player. So that she can refresh the feeling
of home, through her favourite films, as often as she could.
But
when they go out site the theatre, she undergoes a development; ”as
they stepped out the parking lot, the bitter wind struck her face
with a resounding slap. She was brought back to the present.....”.
Page-four, line 140-141, she is brought back to reality, back to UK
with her husband. And again a little later she Chooses to accept UK
as her new home, and she surrenders her self to Anuj; “Lata sat in
the car and burst in to tears. Soon black rivers streamed down her
cheeks. She shook as she wept....He waited till she dried her eyes
and then started the car. “You alright?” He asked quietly. She
patted his hand and replied, “yeah, I am alright. Let´s go Home.”
Page-four line 145-150. This is Lata realizing that she is not going
back to India and, that her new home is here in Cardiff with Anuj.
B
Lata´s relationship with Anuj:: Lata´s relationship with Anuj
is what I would call a practical marriage/arranged marriage. Lata
does not love her husband, but she desperately wants to love him and
she finds it difficult to do so; “Lata stared at Anju, and then at
her hennaed hands. It was true, she was his bride and wanted to love
him desperately, but he made it so difficult for her at times”.
Page-two, line 55-56. The reason why I say that it is a practical
marriage/arranged marriage, is that her father chose it for her and
that she chooses not to express her independent fillings and
thoughts; “She looked at here husband still attacking the
crossword.....She could finish it in forty minut minutes, but of
course she wouldn´t tell him that”. Page-one, line 28-30. Lata is
felling a bit superior, but fears the consequence of telling, which
she would not if they really loved each other. A little further down
the text she is still looking at her husband, and she associates him
with the thought of how her father chose him fore here; “He had the
red passport, hadn´t he? wasn´t that the reason Baba got her
married to him? Good future for you, beti, he had said. How did Baba
know? He had never stepped out India ever”. Page-three, line 32-35.
Lata reminds her self, that her father chose her marriage by
practically reasons only, not asking what she thought. But non the
less, she must be felling quit well in her new life with Anuj
somehow. She desperately wants to love him, so he can not be that
terrible to live with if she desperately wants to. Other than that, I
can simply not find any quotes of her being forced directly against
her will, or that Anuj is doing some thing bad to her.
2.Integration:
1.
The phrase; ”you alright?” is used five times in the story,
four on page three, and one time on page four. The first time on
page 3 is just a pun, Lata is laughing out loud while thinking of a
memory, which a man next to her responds to. (Line 90-93)
Second
time it is said, it is Anuj who says it. Lata is still thinking at
the first time she heard the phrase, she has not understood the
meaning of it, she asked what the answer is to that.(Line 98-100)
Third
time it is used, Lata asks if there is something visibly wrong with
her, because she dos not under stand the pun. And Anuj does not
understand what she is talking about at all. (line 101-102)
Fourth
time the phrase it is used, it is Lata who asks Anuj if he is
alright, to cheek how he responds to the question. He responds with
a; “Yeah”, and looks baffled”. (line 104-105)
The
fifth time it is used, is in the end of the of the story. Lata has
been crying, and gets the question from Anuj. Where she replies;
“Yeah, I´m alright. Lets go home”. She has learned the meaning
of the phrase, and she has accepted here current situation. I think
the phrase is used so many times, because Lata is anything than
alright, and I think the reason why she reacts on the comment “are
you alright?” is because she knows that she is not “alright”
at all.
3.
The ending.
A.
Lata realises that she is not going back to India, and that her home
is in Cardiff with Anuj
B.
Lata
accepts that she belongs with Anuj, and that she must adjust to her
new home in the UK. She surrenders, and lets go of her Indian loss,
and with the phrase; “Yeah I am okay she shows that she has become
a bit more British. She suddenly understood the meaning of it, and
used it the right way.
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