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Secrets – Anita Desai - Coggle Diagram
Secrets – Anita
Desai
Setting
Indian home
Childhood years
Quiet atmosphere
Tense household
Characters
Child narrator
Mother – distant
Father – silent
Adults (authority)
Plot Events
Notices silence
Senses tension
Asks questions
No clear answers
Learns secrets exist
Themes
Secrecy
How would the story change if the truth was told?
What might the secret be?
Silence
Childhood innocence
Emotional distance
Fear