A Passage To India Analysis

The author of A Passage to India is Edward Morgan Forster who was a British writer in 20th century. Forster’s works include six novels, two collections of short stories, several biographies and some commentaries. He had twice traveled to India, and accorded to his own experiences and feelings, wrote A Passage to India this novel. The novel tells of the early twentieth century, the British Mrs. Moore and Miss Adela traveled to India. The former visited the son of a colonial official there, while the latter visited the fiancé. Indian physician Aziz, out of enthusiasm and friendship, organized a number of people to accompany two guests to visit the local Malabar caves. In the darkest cave, Miss Adrela felt as if someone had insulted her, and an …show more content…
In the novel, an Indian invites Mrs. Moore to dinner at their home if she has free time. Mrs. Moore expects very much and she tells him that she will be free in the next Thursday. However, the Indian doesn’t invite her again in the next Thursday. Mrs. Moore was upset and wonder why the Indians don’t speak the reputation. Actually, it is one of the cultural contrasts between two countries. In British, people must do what they promise to do because they pay great attention to honesty. In India, People just invite others to empress their enthusiasm and needn’t to implement it. This is similar to the Chinese. In China, this behaviour is called …show more content…
India is a high-context country. The way people speak is tactful and not direct. When people communicate, they do not express themselves completely. Part of the communication between people and people need to rely on speculation. On the contrary, the United States is a low-context country. People get along and communicate directly. Secondly, people who believe in different religions do things in different ways. Christianity is the most widely spread religion with the largest number of believers in the world. In 2000, statistics on religions amounted to about 2 billion people in the world. Christianity has a broad and narrow distinction. Generalized Christianity, one of the three major religions in the world, includes Catholicism, Orthodox Christianity and Protestantism. Christian faith is God, advocating love people and love God. They love others as they love themselves. Christians believe people are guilty of sin, and God will redeem them. Islam is believed in Allah, believers about 600 million people. They read the Koran. Hinduism is a comprehensive title of religion, philosophy, culture and social practices that originated in the Indian cultural circle. Its beliefs, philosophies and ethical perspectives are complex and even contradictory. Thirdly, British colonial history is also a main reason. In the 19th century, Britain became the largest colonial empire in the world and ruled a quarter of the land of the earth. The