bend river
In Bend of the River by V. J. naipul each character has a different personal history and a reason for leaving their homeland. Different circumstances and promises have made their journey to Africa, something to remember. The place they settle and start their families up might be called home forever. In hopes of finding a better life to settle into they realize life in Africa isn't as Salim the main character and the narrator moves to Africa to make a better living for himself and he buys a business. As he accepts the deal, he knows he's going into a place where it's different than India. The food, language, lifestyle will completely have to change from what he was use to in India. As he arrives in Africa, all there is destruction and he is nervous of the Africans and doesn't take anyone for granted. Salim as he adjusts to a new place he will call home now, fits into the neighborhood slowly. As life in India he has to deal with the hot weather and heavy downpours of rain. Salim wasn't a rich man in India, so he didn't live in an expensive house back home. Over here in Africa now, he still is living in a flat but in a condition worse off that has water problems and the electricity would go on and off. Just l
ike in India there were no roads just basically paths, but the difference was Salim knew what path led where, in Africa he doesn't. Because he was a stranger to the environment Salim still lived in fear. Anyone who moves into a new environment filled with trouble and danger would be scared for their lives, especially when they had come to that country for the better. As Salim gets comfortable living in Africa, Salim meets his old friend Indar. Indar takes him into the domain, which is a high tech place where the elite lived. The domain was the futuristic place of Africa. As he has his ups and downs, he starts traveling to other countries, but he ends up coming back after they rip him off in London and wants to travel back to Africa where he finds he has lost his business there too. Nazruddin's daughter Kareisha was just like Indar was born rich. Just like Indar everyone had high hopes for her. As she lives up to everyone expectations she becomes a pharmacist. She was born in India, and she started to travel and and as expected she married Salim. Marrying Salim might be a surprise to everyone especially when she was a pharmacist and rich while Salim was still trying to get his business going. When they are both in London they get engaged, so
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Approximate Word count = 843
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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