ENG 1120 Lecture 8: ENG 1120 - Lecture 8

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: English
• Course: ENG 1120
• Professor: All

Document Summary

Indian man whose identity is tied to his surroundings in bombay, he also relies heavily on western cultural practices: sarosh"s story hinges on the fateful promise that he makes before migrating from india to canada. How could we possibly measure the completeness of such a complex transformation: we expect sarosh to encounter large structural problems such as language barriers, systemic racism, or clashing cultural values. European-descended majority: frame narrative = a story within a story. The frame narrative about nariman leads us to ask questions about sarosh"s story that we were not likely to ask if. Mistry had simply presented us with sarosh"s story on its own. He now finds that he is a squatter in bombay in the sense of being unwelcome or makeshift occupant just as he had been a squatter in toronto. The characters relate to each other differently when they use bengali cultural practices than they do when they use american cultural practices.