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ANALYSIS SHORT STORY “ Interpreter
Of Malladies by Jhummpa Lahiri “
1. TITLE :
A Real Durwan
2. AUTHOR :
Jhummpa Lahiri
3. MAIN
CHARACTERS :
·
Boori Ma :
Boori Ma is a feeble 64-year-old woman from Calcutta who is the stair-sweeper,
or durwan, of an old brick building. BOORIMA, sweeper of the stairwell. She was
sixty-four years old, with hair in a knot no larger than a walnut, and she
looked almost as narrow from the front as she did from the side. brittle with
sorrows, as tart as curds, and shrill enough to grate meat from a coconut. It
was with this voice that she enumerated, twice a day as she swept the
stairwell, the details of her plight and losses suffered since her deportation
to Calcutta after Partition. friendly
and respected
·
Mrs. Dalal : she was kind and friendly, very obedient wife.
·
Mr. Dalal : people who like to work hard. good and also very ambitious
in work.
·
Mr. Chatterjee : cool. no establishments and not
at all wise people. preferring safe
4. PLOT :
Boori Ma is a feeble
64-year-old woman from Calcutta who is the stair-sweeper, or durwan, of an old
brick building. In exchange for her services, the residents allow Boori Ma to
sleep in front of the collapsible gates leading into the tenement. While
sweeping, she narrates stories of her past: her daughter’s extravagant wedding,
her servants, her estate and her riches. The residents of the brick building
hear continuous contradictions in Boori’s storytelling, but her stories are
seductive and compelling, so they let her contradictions rest. One family in
particular takes a liking to Boori Ma, the Dalal’s. Mrs.
Dalal often gives Boori
Ma food and takes care of her ailments. When Mr. Dalal gets promoted at work,
he improves the brick building by installing a sink in the stairwell and a sink
in his home. The Dalal’s continue to improve their home and even go away on a
trip to Simla for ten days and promise to bring back Boori Ma a sheep’s hair
blanket. While the Dalal’s are away, the other residents become obsessed with
making their own improvement to the building. Boori Ma even spends her life
savings on special treats while circling around the neighborhood. However,
while Boori Ma is out one afternoon, the sink in the stairwell is stolen. The
residents accuse Boori Ma of informing the robbers and in negligence for her
job. When Boori Ma protests, the residents continue to accuse her because of
all her previous inconsistent stories. The residents' obsession with
materializing the building dimmed their focus on the remaining members of their
community, like Boori Ma. The short story concludes as the residents throw out
Boori Ma’s belongings and begin a search for a “real durwan.” Note that
"durwan" means housekeeper in both Bengali and Hindi.
5. SETTING : In the old building
6. ANALYSIS : The object of psychoanalytic
literary criticism, at its very simplest, can be the psychoanalysis of the
author or of a particularly interesting character in a given work. Critics may
view the fictional characters as a psychological case study, attempting to
identify such Freudian concepts as Oedipus complex, penis envy, Freudian slips,
Id, ego and superego and so on, and demonstrate how they influenced the
thoughts and behaviors of fictional characters. And this is short story
about psychoanalysis.
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ANALYSIS SHORT STORY “The Strom by Kate Chopin”
1. TITLE :
The strom
2. AUTHOR :
Kate Chopin
3. MAIN
CHARACTERS
·
The protagonist of the Curiosity that
Killed the Cat Short story, she is loved a mysterious
friend , There’s something strange about
the guy Sheila is dating. Unfortunaetly , She’s about determine is just what
he’s about.
·
Jason – he is men who
have the character and disposition of hard , He mysterious friend and spend the
rest of his life to keep in the J.P Townsend’s massive tomb old Victorian.
4.
PLOT
:
"I don’t care
who you tell, Sheila. What could anyone
do to me?"
When she said nothing, he continued. "Let me tell
you a little story, since you’re such a big history buff, and I know how much
you've been aching to know more about my novel. J. T. Townsend was a greedy
man, just like you thought. He was very greedy, even unto death. Nor did he
take favor to the fact that he was going to die just like all the other poor
mortal souls on earth. You see, Townsend always thought himself better, more
deserving of life than the other fools she shared the world’s oxygen
with."
When he grasped
Shelia, lifting her up into his arms, she screamed, which didn't deter him from
continuing his story. "He was certain that there had to be a way out of
it…a way to cheat death. He was a businessman. He knew all about bartering and
trading. If there was some way he could make his immortality profitable to the
God’s who control things above, he’d have it made."
He put Shelia in
the coffin. Suddenly, she was too
terrified to fight. "He, or rather I, found the deal I wanted in Egypt.
All the money I’d sunk into countless digging in the Egyptian soil years
earlier paid off. They had a lesser known God…a God forgotten by man. Through
some scrolls and that little statue over there," he pointed at the statue
of a half-man half-cat looking creature, "I conjured up the God and made a
deal just as I’d always conducted business deals."
She closed her
eyes, hoping that he was just joking, hoping that he'd come to his senses and
let her go. "I could live forever as long as I gave him fresh
souls. It’s simple really, all I have to do is place someone in this coffin and
the God slowly takes the soul of the person as the body deteriorates. In
return, I get to live how ever many years that person had left. It can be such
a hassle having to return to this foul little city every so often to do this
grim deed, but I fear, it’s necessary if I want to keep breathing. But don’t
take it personally, Shelia. It’s just business after all. And don’t worry.
Death will come quickly. I promise."
He closed the
coffin lid and she heard him walk away. Her screams rent the air but no one
heard them. No one came to give her aid…and slowly she felt herself drifting
away.
5.
SETTING : J.P Townsend’s massive tomb the
old Victorian graveyard.
6.
ANALYSIS : Patriarchy is a social system that places men as the primary
authority figure is central in the social organization. My father has authority
over women, children and property. Implicitly this system of governance and
institutionalize privilege men and demanded the subordination of women. jason
in the character of this short story quite understand patriaki. where jason has
power and strength.
Sumber : Gupit A. SPA
Editor : Admin Coretan Mahasiswa