About Belonging

Lairds stories show that all people face challenges no matter where they live In the man. Do you agree? Having a smell of belonging is important for everyone and Lairds short stories, Interpreter of Maladies describe the problems people face when they feel isolated. She sets many of her short stories In the States and describes the difficulties that some immigrants face when confronted with a new culture, gender expectations or crisis.She also demonstrates, however, how others readily adapt and embrace their new lifestyle. Nonetheless Chumps Lair uses a diverse range of characters to illustrate the human need to feel belonged to one self to others, to feel accepted and have a place to belong. Between the gild short stories that Chumps Lair has written she has set up a range of main characters facing similar problems contrasting their opposite living styles but comparison the fact that they have problems.Lair wants to explain that everyone can face problems. One of her challenge s she has developed with In the short stones Is the demand of a sense of belonging. In when Mr. Pravda moms to dine The first-person speaker unit is a ten-year- darkened girl, Lila. Lila faces a problem when she finds herself caught mingled with the traditions of her parents and American. Her mother understands that Lila Is American We live here now, she was born here (p. 26) ? and has little understanding of the politics of India and Pakistan.Yet, something still fascinates Lila about her parents homeland. This perplexity Lair has developed in her narrator was to demonstrate how important it is to someone to have a sense of belonging to a place and without that feeling they grow lost and confused. Alular has revealed feeling a sense of belonging to a place through a young girl and also through an old Indian lady. By comparing Lairds short stories, It illustrates the struggles people face when they have a loss of belonging to a place, or others.Similar to All In when Mr. marau der came to dine Mrs. Seen in the story by the same name, folds herself lost in a different culture and Is unwilling to adapt to that culture. Mrs. Seen is an old Indian muliebrity who came to America living In one country for most of her life she feels a sense of belonging to that culture and no matter where she goes she refuses to change her expectations repayable to the place she is in. This inability to conform to her new society is shown by her inability and unwillingness to learn how to drive.Her separation from the culture she is living in is shown when she is on a bus with a bloodlines bag (p. 132) full of fish and a woman with a crisp white bag from the drugstore (p. 132) tells the bus driver. Mrs. Seen Is living In a world where blood and the real world are ever- present, a distinct contrast with the antiseptic world of America. Lair Illustrate the same problem of being oblige to adapt and change to survive In another culture with another old Indian woman.In a real Dur ban nestling ma works in America and wishes to have a sense of belonging with that country and culture which is unlike Mrs. Seen who refuses to change. Lair wants to demonstrate a similar OFF in accepting change. Boor ma seeks to find belonging to a place but then is rejected due to the untrusting of another culture. We shared our coal, gave her a place to sleep, how could she rat us like this. P. 81 . Boor ma wishes to connect to a culture, to others as well as to a place. Not being accepted in any of those could create a loss f your true identity.Being confused about your identity is a universally human problem people face. some people try to find a sense of belonging within them. Being confused about your identity is a hard Journey to bring home the bacon a easygoing and true description of yourself. Lair illustrates this tough Journey In Sexy. Miranda tries on a number of identities in her search to feel comfortable within her. She recalls being exploited when she was young er however, the affair with Deep offers her hope that she can establish a new sense of self. Pressed her face against Dives engineers intertwined with hers p. 4 revealing the extent that Miranda was trying to steal someone elses identity and not seek her own. Lair explores the idea that identity, is something that must be hunted. We gain a sense of identity through family, society and culture. For the culturally displaced, this is a difficult endeavourer. The search for identity is universal. Chumps Lair has created a diverse collection of characters from young to the old and different cultures, to reveal that problems anyone can face are universal. One of the problems Chumps Lair has created is a universal human desire to belong.Unable to adapt to a different culture or not being accepted, is a tough challenge people face in order to have a sense of belonging. Being tied between two different cultures can spark confusion in where youre meant to belong. In addition trying to find a sense of belonging within themselves in a problem that faces many characters Chumps Lair has created. Ultimately Chumps Lairds key message is that anyone regardless of their culture, origin, age, or gender can face similar problems, which makes it harder for them to have a sense of belonging.