Plot is a literary element necessary in any short story, and is one given in “The Tenant”. The protagonist of the story is the main and central character, Maya. The story is told in third person and much of the focus is centered on her. The antagonist of the story could also be said to be Maya herself. …show more content…
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Unlike Maya, this character is much more dynamic. Exposition in this story, however, is told in much more detail and illustration, unlike Maya, the youngest sister’s history is known.
Mukherjee and Ng takes these three elements of plot, character and theme to depict this conflict of cultures. In “The Tenant”, Maya could be said to be a round character. One can see why she wants to get away from a certain culture and into another, however, with Maya you can only know the going back and forth and not the actual motivation behind it. There is much more that the reader does not know, but by the authors use of “telling” her actions (her wants), she is a much more “motivated” and “consistent” character. They had gone to an American restaurant to eat, however, had a longing to go to a Chinese one.
Plot in Ng’s, “The Red Sweater” is similar as the plot in Mukherjee’s, “The Tenant”, however, the two are not