Brick Lane Question
1.On the bottom p. 120 of Brick Lane, Hasina says, “Sewing pass the day and I sit with friends. As actual fact it bring true friendship and true love. Love marriage maybe is better call something else than love. In real marriage it grow slow slow slow. Habit, Sit together. Give bit here take bit there.” How does the novel illustrate (or not) the distinction that Hasina seems here to be putting into words, not only with respect to her friendship with her fellow workers but also of Nazeen and her relationship to her husband Chanu and her lover Karim? How would you generalize, that is, about what the novel seems to say about “love marriage” and other kinds of “love.” A big topic, I know, but do the best you can. or
2. The novel is called Brick Lane because of the street in the East End of London on which the action takes place. But “bricks” have a wider implication—see Hasina’s words on p. 121 and especially the narrator’s meditation on “the pile of bricks” on p. 66. Consider the implications of the relationship between bricks and life that the novel seems to posit. or
3) On page 22, Nazeen, newly arrived in England, watches a pair of ice-skaters on television; on the last pages of the novel (414-415), surrounded by her daughters and her friend Razia, she is about to get on the rink herself. Consider as fully as you can the consequent meaning of ice-skating in the novel.
Due Dec. 3
2. The novel is called Brick Lane because of the street in the East End of London on which the action takes place. But “bricks” have a wider implication—see Hasina’s words on p. 121 and especially the narrator’s meditation on “the pile of bricks” on p. 66. Consider the implications of the relationship between bricks and life that the novel seems to posit. or
3) On page 22, Nazeen, newly arrived in England, watches a pair of ice-skaters on television; on the last pages of the novel (414-415), surrounded by her daughters and her friend Razia, she is about to get on the rink herself. Consider as fully as you can the consequent meaning of ice-skating in the novel.
Due Dec. 3