YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :Mukherjees Jasmine
Essays 1 - 18
country...itll be because I want to be part of it" (Mukherjee NA). In this we see the subtle, yet powerful setting that will be de...
This paper discusses Hawthorne's "Scarlet Letter," but then focuses on Mukherjee's "Jasmine," as a novel that portrays immigrant e...
not only by her circumstances, but by her issues of identification. Within her marriage to Prakash, her name is changed to Jasmin...
In five pages Jyoti/Jasmine/Jane's letter to her daughter who is now an adult is presented in terms of explanation as to why she l...
to the United States by way of some illegal documents and the assistance of a smuggler. Once on American soil, Jyoti receives a r...
respect, everything that brought solidity to an individuals life in their former country, has been stripped from them. It is as if...
my learning and my moving through the world. You may remember that I was the fifth daughter of nine children. My mother loved me...
father" (Mukherjee NA). Without even getting into the specifics of this story we can immediately see that the patriarchal society ...
from the traditional customs of her village and adopt more modern, urban ideas. For example, in her village, wives addressed their...
her own future. She is a rebel from the beginning, and her desire to be different could be one of the reasons her life takes on wh...
instead. And she approaches relationships almost from a mythical standpoint. For instance, when she falls in love with Prakash, h...
In five pages this paper examines the importance of irony to Mukherjee's story with other thematic components considered as well. ...
no simple way, for an old culture to adjust to a new one. New and Old World Beliefs The primary character in this story is the...
girl who is rejected by nearly everyone. In fact, so too is her family as the lot of them is cursed with ugliness and rejection. ...
arranges marriages, though she also comes from a culture that, according to Indian standards, "Kerala is well known for its relati...
Security to legal resident aliens. It was, thankfully, defeated, but it opened up an angry dialogue between the sisters on their d...
A hot cup of jasmine green tea is one of the most satisfying indulgences you can have after a hot bubble bath, snuggled up to a...
The betrayal that Mukherjee felt in Canada 20 years before she wrote the piece echoes the feelings that Mira has, as she finds her...