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Interpreter of maladies
Explores The difficulties of being an outsider
(In the book interpreter of maladies it explores the difficulties of being an outsider)

In the book of the INTERPRETER OF MALADIES some characters struggle to find their place in new countries, for example : Eliot knows Mrs Sen misses home, because when she means home she means back in India not in her apartment cutting vegetables . Mrs. sen is one of the characters that is struggling the most because she cant not adapt to her new life in America. When she goes to buy her fish she has to come home on the bus, people on the bus get very rude because its not likely for people to bring fish on the bus, this saddens Mrs. Sen.

Everything that reminds her of India makes her overjoyed but also very saddens and depressed. For example when Mrs. Sen. receives letters from her family over in India she reads the letter out loud word for word, because of her excitement.

Mrs. Sen. Struggles to accept that she is in a new country and she won’t be able to return to India in 3 years time. Lila parents and Mr. Pirzada all find it difficult living in America. Lila parents find it hard because they have no Indian culture in America. So to keep their culture strong they invite people with the same culture over just like Mr. Pirzada. They invite Mr. Pirzada over for dinner every night, so that they still feel that bond between them and India.

Also in “When Mr. Pirzada Came To Dine” Lilia learns about the differences between life in Surburban America and life in less stable parts of the world, knowing why Mr. Pirzada is different to her family, but confused because of the knowledge her father has given her.

Some characters may not feel like an outsider in the public but may even feel like an outsider in their relationship. For example Mr. Sanjeev feels that his wife isn’t all about the Indian culture because she’s does cook for him or wash his clothes. Twinkle loves Jesus and crosses items, because she hangs them around

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