their own cultural baggage‚ frames of references and convictions do prevent them from effectively taking on the new culture. The two stories‚ "Saving Sourdi" by May-Lee Chai and “Clothes” by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni‚ are about becoming Americanized through women’s rights and arranged marriages. In the story‚ “Clothes” by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni‚ after the death of her husband‚ Sumita faces the choice of either staying in California or returning to India to live with her relatives or in-laws
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necessarily a man of lavish habits. On the other hand‚ a man who wears tattered clothes is not necessarily a man of miserly habits. He may be do so only due to his financial limitations. Yet it is true that in some cases dressserves as a useful index to the character of a man. Some common examples‚ from which we can get some idea of a man’s character from his dress‚ are given below. We daily come across such persons as put on clothes of loud colours. We find them dressed in gaudy colours. They wear bushshirts printed withThe faces
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Clothes in Chile and general Latin America Clothing styles throughout Latin America vary from region to region and have been influenced through several different sources. Fashion in Latin America today and traditional fashions of Latin America differ dramatically. Climate‚ location‚ isolation‚ population‚ economy‚ history‚ colonial influences are many of the sources that have helped to contribute to these changes. Traditional Latin American fashion varied form region to region but maintained a distinctive
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How to Wash Clothes Learning how to wash clothes is a very important skill. Failure to acquire this skill is not only unhealthy‚ but also expensive‚ especially when the washing goes wrong. Fortunately‚ it is not a very difficult skill to master‚ for most. However many people struggle to learn the basics of the washer and dryer. Washings clothes involve prioritizing‚ sorting clothes by color and temperature and preparing to dry and fold the clothes. Collect all your soiled clothes from the rooms
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“Clothes” By naming the story “Clothes” Divakaruni takes the titles and turns it into a symbol for something in the story. In this instance Sumita’s clothes symbolize her journey from her old naitve country traditions in India to her new independence in her and her husband’s new apartment in America. Divakaruni writes this story to show the readers that most Indian country tradition is for the daughter to have an arranged marriage‚ with someone she may not know and love at the same time but will
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would you feel if you were bounded by religion to do exactly what your parents wanted you to? If you were very restricted to what you could wear? Would you have the courage to stand up to your parents and your religion? In the short story "Forbidden Clothes"‚ that is Nasreen’s situation. She is restricted to what she can wear and do. Yet‚ she still had the courage to stand up against what she was raised to believe. Even though Nasreen got beaten for her actions‚ nothing made her falter‚ not even her
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true but in most cases it’s not. A lot of our clothes that we wear now are actually influenced by the clothes from the 15th/16th century. That’s why the clothes from the 16th century and the clothes now are very similar in some ways through the way women wore then and the way they dress now‚ the way men dressed and the way men dress now and how the children dressed then and now. The women from the 16th century and the women now aren’t so different. Both women then and now spent so much money trying
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Clothes make the difference People have a lot of different perceptions about the way that people dress these days. When you see a man or a woman in a suit‚ what do you normally think? Most would say they look like a “business person” or they look like they are going somewhere “important”. This is one of the many out looks people have about people and their dressings. Whether people like to admit it‚ the way you dress says a lot about who you are and they type of personality you hold. This
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crashing down around me. I could not absorb the fact that I hit a biker while I was driving. I used so many “if” statements. If only I would have put my phone down‚ if only it were not dark and storming‚ if only he had been wearing lighter or brighter clothes. I am only just accepting that what I say now does not matter; I cannot change the past. I made a stupid decision‚ and I must accept the consequences. You must also be able to forgive others‚ to realize that they also make mistakes. For 1 Peter
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The short story “Clothes” by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni is about a young Indian woman‚ Sumita‚ and her cultural transition to America that is symbolized by her clothes and the color of her clothes. The traditional Indian attire for a woman is a sari and each one has its own purpose. Her clothes also indicate her progression from daughter‚ to wife‚ to woman‚ which is why this story embodies Mordecai Marcus’ description of an initiation story. The story starts off with the bride to be in a yellow
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