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A 5 page paper which compares and contrasts the stories “A Temporary Matter” and “The Interpreter of Maladies.” Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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it frankly deals with gendered relationships from a distinctly feminist perspective. In Jhumpa Lahiris award-winning compilation of short stories, collectively entitled, The Interpreter of Maladies, the characters have cultural
or familial ties to India, but it is the complex relationships between men and women which take center stage. Two tales in particular, "A Temporary Matter," and a story
also entitled "Interpreter of Maladies," each feature the theme of communication, or lack thereof, as couples struggle to relate to each other not simply as spouses but as human beings.
In this way, people of all ethnic backgrounds can easily identify with the trials and tribulations of these characters. "A Temporary Matter" considers the strained marital relationship
after a Boston couples first child is stillborn. Indian-born Shoba and Shukumar have been walking on eggshells since the loss of their child, and the emotional distance is increasing
with each passing day. Of Shukumar, who had been sequestered at home writing his academic dissertation, Lahiri wrote, The more Shoba stayed out, the more she began putting in
extra hours at work and taking on additional projects, the more he wanted to stay in, not even leaving to get the mail, or to buy fruit or wine at
the stores by the trolley stop" (Interpreter of Maladies - Chapter One: A Temporary Matter). These two people had now become virtual strangers to each other, and Shukumar "thought
of how long it had been since she looked into his eyes and smiled, or whispered his name on those rare occasions they still reached for each others bodies before
sleeping... Now he had to struggle to say something that interested her, something that made her look up from her plate... He learned not to mind the silences" (Lahiri Interpreter
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