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The novel, A passage to India, delivers a handful of characters from all ranges of an elitest spectrum. From Englishmen who feel they are powerful and commanding to servant Indians who are being reprimanded and spat on within their own society from travelers of another land. The most important characters in the novel are the personalities that strayed from the norm and assisted to tell the story being told. They changed the way other characters viewed one another and throughout all of this, they changed themselves. In this novel, Mrs. Moore, an elderly English woman, who is new to the Indian town of Chandrapore, is one of these important characters. From the beginning of the novel, one of Mrs. Moore's first interactions with a native of the town, Dr. Aziz, introduces her as a sensitive and intelligent woman who has an open mind to her new surroundings. She continues this openess throughout the story with different events that come her way. And in the end, she fights to hold onto this openess when the openess is the thing that is causing her to regress in her interest in educating herself on the culture of India. The reader is first introduced to the character Mrs. Moore when she enters the Mosque. Dr. Aziz, an Indian of Chandrapor
e who is initially extremely distrustful of outsiders of India, is already inside and stuns Mrs. Moore when he speaks abruptly and curt to her. He scolds her by saying she is not allowed in the mosque and that she should have removed her shoes. As a symbol of what is good in Western culture, Mrs. Moore explains nicely that she did infact take her shoes off. Aziz senses the sincerity in her voice and apologizes at once. They begin to speak to one another and realize that they have much in common. Both have been married twice and both have two children among other similarities. They speak for sometime and Dr. Aziz senses Mrs. Moore's effort to get to know him and his culture. She is a woman who takes liberal views and has a christian view about her. Aziz takes a liking to all of this and is intrigued by her as he escorts her back to the Chandrapore Club. From the beginning of this novel, Mrs. Moore demonstrates her sincerity to learning about the culture of India and she continues to express this fashion in her next encounter in the story. Mrs. Moore is invited to a Bridge Party put on by the Collector, Mr. Turton. The party is an attempt to "bridge" the men and women of Britain and India with one another, however the majority of men and women from both lands are not able to hold acapable conversations with one another. The short coversations are uncomfortable between the two lands and most see this party as a dissapointment, however Mrs. Moore and her soon to be daughter-in-law, Adela Quested consider the party to be a success. Mrs. Moore heads into the party with an open mind as she often does and is excited and intrigued by her surroundings of natives from this new land. Mrs. Moore spends much time speaking with a native by the name of Mrs. Bhattacharya, who later invites her to her home later in the week for more conversation. This shows that Mrs. Moore is eager to learn the culture of India by spending time with and getting to know Indians in Chandrapore. Mrs. Moore also demonstrates at the party that she is not naive despite her openess to the country. She is aware of the attitude her son Ronny has while in this new land. She is bothered that he acts more intelligent and empowered than the people in India. Mrs. Moore is religious and feels that God put people on this earth to love one another, even in india, she says. Mrs. Moore's religious beliefs are prominent in this story. Her ties with the Christian community in England are brought with her to India, a land that does not practice Christianity. Not only does she wish for her son to practice his education of Christianity but she also finds herself speaking of God more often at this time in her life, when she is aging. I believe this demonstrates that Mrs. Moore has a considerable concern for her own morality and that she is preoccupied with the act of dying. Since the beginning
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Approximate Word count = 1925
Approximate Pages = 8 (250 words per page double spaced)
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