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''The Visiting Grandmother'' - Coggle Diagram
''The Visiting Grandmother''
...the author has very skillfully shown two different cultures.it also depicts how people far from their homeland live...
...as a representation of difference between English culture and Pakistani culture, how these cultures are different in terms of moral values, social and cultural practices as well as dressing sense. It also presents the bold nature of the western women in comparison with eastern women...
two cultures---two societies
Elements of Fiction
Story
watching TV
visiting the beach
Christmas celebration at school and her reactions
eating outside---
Characters
Grandmother, son, daughter-in-law, children---
identity---???
assimilation with the culture, norms,....
hybridity---combination/mixture/amalgamation---
Conflict
Internal conflict
adjustment to the new culture, society, land, country----
identity---???
uncertainity---
sideline---margin
foreign culture---experiences alienation
External Conflict
what role does the society play?
Plot
Title: visiting and the feelings the word evokes
transience
temporary
Grandmother: relationships b/w ch. the dynamic that the family has.... connection with the issues of adjustment
Style
how the author discusses the issue at hand---humour
hyphenated identities
British-Pakistani author