After reading my book club book, Interpreters of Maladies, I came out with many different ideas of how to approach my essay. Being a short story, I'm able to have more freedom in choosing which chapter or character to discuss. The advantages of this short story allows me to expand my essay and write about a wide arrange of characters, topics, and plots. The main idea to the Interpreter of Maladies is that it revolves around the Indian culture. All of the short stories in the book have multiple characters that are of Indian descent. The short stories are situated around American and Indian cultures. At times, the two are somewhat meshed together. After reading a few of the short stories, I noticed a difference between the social classes in America and India. In India, the social class is more segregated. There is a large gap between the rich and poor.
Jhumpa Lahiri, the author of the book, writes of two different stories about the slums of India. The Treatment of Bibi Haldar and AReal Durwan both revolve around characters who struggle throughout their lives.They are of the lowest low in the caste system and are constantly belittled by others.
I'll be discussing the inequalities the poor in India face and how there is a hierarchy within the Indian society. There are those who are considered 'untouchables' while there are others that are considered the lowest caste. The members of the lowest caste system are often times mistreated and live in the slums of India. The most disturbing thing is that they are usually born into their social class. Millions have no say in how their social status and lives will play out. They often just accept the fact that is how life is.
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