“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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macmillanlearning.com. In the short story “Clothes”‚by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni‚ there are many hidden symbol that is not noticeable at first glance. However‚ once student look at the short story more closely. They will notice that they can categories the three major symbols into clothes‚ colors‚ and 7-Eleven. Different kind of clothes are shown in the short story that at first does not seem to mean anything until students start analyzing the short story. Sumitra changing clothes at different time of her life
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Clothes‚ by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni This short story is about a young Indian woman named Sumita‚ her impending arranged marriage and subsequent trip to America‚ which is symbolized by the color and type of her clothes. The author utilizes color symbolism to express the emotional changes that Sumita is going through and how she uses colors to keep her grounded with her Indian beliefs during her transition from girl to bride-to-be to an Indian-American to widow. There are many examples
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Slavery vs. Freedom Indian cultures‚ along with other cultures worldwide‚ have beliefs very different from the American culture. May-Lee Chai and Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni portray these extreme differences in their stories‚ "Saving Sourdi" and "Clothes". Indian women live their lives to serve‚ with the hope of being arranged a marriage to a husband who will provide a lifestyle suitable to raising a family‚ while American women are raised to become strong-willed and independent. Individuals
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Clothes The short story “Clothes” written by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni delivers a connection between the clothes a person wears and their identity. The different stages of her life reflect onto the variety of types and colors of clothes she wears. The change she goes through forms her new identity. In the first part of the story‚ we meet Sumita for the first time in her home country India with her friends. She is scheduled to have her very first bride viewing‚ where she is going to meet her future
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“You Canʼt Go Home Again” is a text written by Tariq Ramadans and was published in the newspaper Time the 24th of December 2001. The text deals with immigration and gives the reader insight in the problems there are between Muslims and Europeans. Muslims The article has a simple message: Europeans and Muslims should live in harmony and peace with each other. This shall be done by the Muslims and the Europeans having a better working relationship; the Europeans must respect and tolerate the traditions
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Some try to clutch to the familiar culture of their home lands‚ while others do their best to fit in. In Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni’s short story “Clothes‚” Sumita moves from her home country of India to live with her new husband in California. She experiences culture shock‚ but she eventually discovers her own identity through the American clothes‚ her relationship with Somesh‚ and being widowed. When in India‚ Sumita wears saris‚ the traditional women’s clothing. She loves her vast collection
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Strengths and weaknesses of the service industry in the UAE Student name: Rashed Salem Al Mansoori ID: 111 210 153 Economy of countries is composed of different sectors that work together in an integrated way so as to form the entire economy of the country . The importance of the role that each sector plays in the economies of countries differs from one country to another as a result of the strength or weakness of that sector. Regarding the UAE ‚ it is a country of a strong economy especially
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Clothes The text takes place in India and in California in the USA. It is an upper class family. We can tell that by the expensive saris‚ the mahogany almirah and the zari that is used to the sari for the bride-viewing. There are many persons introduced in the text. The main character is Mita Moni. Later she is called Somita Sen because she gets married. She is an Indian girl‚ and she is going to get married to the Indian man Somesh Sen‚ who lives in the USA with his family. It is an arranged marriage
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C (346) 1. ________ is the activity‚ set of institutions‚ and processes for creating‚ communicating‚ delivering‚ and exchanging offerings that have value for customers‚ clients‚ partners‚ and society at large. A. Selling C. Marketing B. Advertising D. Mixing Markets A (347) 2. The business philosophy of "produce as much as you can because there is a limitless market" is consistent with which of the following marketing eras? A. production era C. marketing era B. selling
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