A Wife's Story
Date Submitted: 12/12/2004 23:43:53
Category: / Literature / Creative Writing
Length: 6 pages (1780 words)
Category: / Literature / Creative Writing
Length: 6 pages (1780 words)
In "A Wife's Story" written by Bharati Mukherjee, the narrator is an Indian woman named Panna who has left India to get a Ph. D. in special education in Manhattan. The story illustrates the relationship between Panna and her match-made husband who has come to visit her in Manhattan. Panna is drifting away from her husband because of the cultural changes she is going through. She has changed and he has not, thus the gap …
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…both drift away from our husband. Our affection and love fades. Panna's exposure to a new culture transforms her, which changes her feelings toward her husband. For me, the various unresolved conflict between my husband and I accumulating over the years finally result in our split. We unite through our marriage. But when the difference is too great to be reconciled, there seems to be no better choice than to go on our separate ways.
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