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Birthdate:    11 July 1967 Birthplace:   London, England Hometown: Kingston, Rhode Island ,[object Object],father:      worked as a librarian at the                     University of Rhode Island  mother:   taught her their Bengali heritage - had moved from England to the U.S.A. - had considered herself an American
Educational Attainment South Kingstown High School Barnard College  	- B.A. English Literature Boston University - M.A. English - M.A. Comparative Literature - M.A. Creative Writing - Ph.D. Renaissance Studies
Works addresses sensitive dilemmas in the live of Bengali Indian immigrants, disconnection between the first and second generation of US immigrants "When I first started writing I was not conscious that my subject was the Indian-American experience. What drew me to my craft was the desire to force the two worlds I occupied to mingle on the page as I was not brave enough, or mature enough, to allow in life."
Some Notable Works Interpreter of Maladies (1999) a collection of stories of Indian-American experiences (Pulitzer Prize for fiction and PEN award) The Namesake (2003) a novel, which later had a film adaptation, about generational gap (first and second generation immigrants) Unaccustomed Earth (2008) a collection of short stories (Pulitzer Prize) (includes second and third generations)
Some Notable Works Interpreter of Maladies (1999) a collection of stories of Indian-American experiences (Pulitzer Prize for fiction and PEN award) The Namesake (2003) a novel, which later had a film adaptation, about generational gap (first and second generation immigrants) Unaccustomed Earth (2008) a collection of short stories (Pulitzer Prize) (includes second and third generations)
Kaushik - narrator - 21 years old - born in 1965 at Cambridge, Massachusetts - 9 years old: went to Bombay, India ,[object Object],   after his mother got sick - 18 years old: his mother died - studied at Swarthmore; lived in a dorm
Kaushik’s Father - 55 years old - had his first job at Cambridge, Massachusetts - first married in 1962 (arranged marriage) ,[object Object],  and would go to work late ,[object Object],  but stopped when she died ,[object Object],  and had only seen twice before their marriage ,[object Object],  an empty house
Kaushik’s Mother ,[object Object],  moved to Massachusetts ,[object Object],  her parents ,[object Object],  modern architecture - died at the age of 42 because of cancer - her ashes were tossed from a boat off the Gloucester coast ,[object Object],  Calcutta who had worked for their extended family    as ayahs or cooks or maids
Chitra - 35 years old (20 years younger than her 2nd husband) - lost her spouse to encephalitis two years before  ­ a schoolteacher - traditional - had two daughters: Rupa and Piu - didn’t speak English well - asked Kaushik to call her Mamoni
Chitra’s Daughters Rupa ,[object Object],Piu - 7 years old
Kaushik’s Maternal Grandparents ,[object Object],  his father told them that their daughter died ,[object Object],  back, boarding a plane once again
Jessica ,[object Object],Mrs. Gharibian ,[object Object],  a soft Southern accent ,[object Object],Zarin - family cook at Bombay
Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.A. This was where the family of Kaushik moved after his mother got sick. Before moving, they had been living in Bombay, India. ,[object Object]
  Modernist architecture, proximal to the ocean, somewhat isolated, enormous, “more befitting of an institution than a private home”
  Where the new wife of Kaushik’s father and her children moved,[object Object]
Jimi Hendrix, Paul Strand – icons who were famous during Kaushik’s adolescent year; cassettes were famous in the 1980’s; Family Feud; Dunkin’ Donuts
 Winter,[object Object]
Introduction Point of Attack Complication Climax Resolution
Characters Environment
Kaushik Father
Kaushik Chitra
Kaushik Stepsisters
THEME
“Not easy. It’s not easy for me.” -     Kaushik “We are both moving forward, Kaushik.”     - DaD
“Things were different now, of course.” -Kaushik I don’t ask you to care for her, even to like her. I only ask that you understand my decision. -Dad “I did not know how to respond…” The steps are slippery… Why is there no railing? -Chitra The knowledge of death seemed present in both sisters – it was something about the way they carried themselves, something that had broken too soon and had not mended, marking them in spite of  their lightheartedness. ADJUSTMENT
“It would remain between the three of us, that in their SILENCE they continued both to protect and to punish me.” SILENCE

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Humanities I: Year's End

  • 1.
  • 2.
  • 3. Educational Attainment South Kingstown High School Barnard College - B.A. English Literature Boston University - M.A. English - M.A. Comparative Literature - M.A. Creative Writing - Ph.D. Renaissance Studies
  • 4. Works addresses sensitive dilemmas in the live of Bengali Indian immigrants, disconnection between the first and second generation of US immigrants "When I first started writing I was not conscious that my subject was the Indian-American experience. What drew me to my craft was the desire to force the two worlds I occupied to mingle on the page as I was not brave enough, or mature enough, to allow in life."
  • 5. Some Notable Works Interpreter of Maladies (1999) a collection of stories of Indian-American experiences (Pulitzer Prize for fiction and PEN award) The Namesake (2003) a novel, which later had a film adaptation, about generational gap (first and second generation immigrants) Unaccustomed Earth (2008) a collection of short stories (Pulitzer Prize) (includes second and third generations)
  • 6. Some Notable Works Interpreter of Maladies (1999) a collection of stories of Indian-American experiences (Pulitzer Prize for fiction and PEN award) The Namesake (2003) a novel, which later had a film adaptation, about generational gap (first and second generation immigrants) Unaccustomed Earth (2008) a collection of short stories (Pulitzer Prize) (includes second and third generations)
  • 7.
  • 8.
  • 9.
  • 10.
  • 11. Chitra - 35 years old (20 years younger than her 2nd husband) - lost her spouse to encephalitis two years before ­ a schoolteacher - traditional - had two daughters: Rupa and Piu - didn’t speak English well - asked Kaushik to call her Mamoni
  • 12.
  • 13.
  • 14.
  • 15.
  • 16.
  • 17. Modernist architecture, proximal to the ocean, somewhat isolated, enormous, “more befitting of an institution than a private home”
  • 18.
  • 19. Jimi Hendrix, Paul Strand – icons who were famous during Kaushik’s adolescent year; cassettes were famous in the 1980’s; Family Feud; Dunkin’ Donuts
  • 20.
  • 21.
  • 22.
  • 23. Introduction Point of Attack Complication Climax Resolution
  • 24.
  • 29.
  • 30. THEME
  • 31. “Not easy. It’s not easy for me.” - Kaushik “We are both moving forward, Kaushik.” - DaD
  • 32. “Things were different now, of course.” -Kaushik I don’t ask you to care for her, even to like her. I only ask that you understand my decision. -Dad “I did not know how to respond…” The steps are slippery… Why is there no railing? -Chitra The knowledge of death seemed present in both sisters – it was something about the way they carried themselves, something that had broken too soon and had not mended, marking them in spite of their lightheartedness. ADJUSTMENT
  • 33. “It would remain between the three of us, that in their SILENCE they continued both to protect and to punish me.” SILENCE
  • 34.
  • 35.
  • 36. USE OF PLAIN LANGUAGE
  • 37. AUTOBIOGRAPHICALCharacters are often Indian immigrants to America who must navigate between the cultural values of their birthplace and their adopted home