In the short stories “Shiloh” and “This Blessed House” both illustrate the importance in communication marriages. In the short story “Shiloh”, the main characters, Norma Jean and Leroy are a married couple that has been through a great deal. They married very young and had a child that died soon after birth. In Shiloh, the problems is that Norma Jean and Leroy are not used to being with each other everyday and have to figure out how to adapt to this new lifestyle, which includes communicated way more often. In the short story “This Blessed House” the main characters, Sanjeev and Twinkle, are also married couple. Their marriage was arranged for them at a young age. In This Blessed House, Sanjeev and Twinkles biggest issue in their marriage is
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Their marriage was arranged and they hadn 't met until Twinkle moved to America and moved in with Sanjeev. In this new house that they have moved into, Twinkle beings to find these religious knick knacks all over the house. She becomes fascinated with them and this quickly becomes an issue for Sanjeev. One day Twinkle find this huge and slightly obnoxious poster of Jesus and Sanjeev is not happy about it, “Now, look. I will tolerate, for now, your little biblical menagerie in the living room. But i refuse to have this.” (pg. 139). The quote illustrates how annoyed and upset Sanjeev is getting because of these religious knick knacks. He doesn 't understand why Twinkle is so fascinated by such irrelevant things. In his confusion, Sanjeev decides just to stop Twinkle in her tracks. Twinkle and Sanjeev do not have much of a connection at all and don’t know how to communicate yet. Therefore, they argue and become dysfunctional over simple things. Their lack of connection is also another reason why Sanjeev can 't comprehend why Twinkle is so obsessed with this religious things that she finds. Sanjeev doesn 't know how to communicate with Twinkle the correct way because they never got a chance to get to know each other. Their marriage was arranged and they never got the chance to fall in love or being to figure each other …show more content…
Both stories show how simple things like, lack of communication, can be detrimental to a couple 's relationship. Bobbie Ann Mason style of writing gives a clear and realistic view on an average couples marriage and struggles they may go through. For example, having their child die soon after it was born is real situation that happens to many married couples. Also having a partner that travels a lot is very common and usually create problems for marriage. All of these common issues in marriages in some way affect communication. Jhumpa Lahiri is showing her issues with arranged marriages and is illustrating the majors problems that come with them. Many times the couple that is arranged to marry each other have no connection and in some cases, have never spent any valuable time with one another. Many of her stories show a lack of communication within the couple and a lack of interest in one another. Jhumpa Lahiri makes it apparent that it can be very difficult to make a connection and communicate effectively with someone you have no interest in. In each story, a very common and daily struggle in marriages all over are brought to
Their marriage was arranged and they hadn 't met until Twinkle moved to America and moved in with Sanjeev. In this new house that they have moved into, Twinkle beings to find these religious knick knacks all over the house. She becomes fascinated with them and this quickly becomes an issue for Sanjeev. One day Twinkle find this huge and slightly obnoxious poster of Jesus and Sanjeev is not happy about it, “Now, look. I will tolerate, for now, your little biblical menagerie in the living room. But i refuse to have this.” (pg. 139). The quote illustrates how annoyed and upset Sanjeev is getting because of these religious knick knacks. He doesn 't understand why Twinkle is so fascinated by such irrelevant things. In his confusion, Sanjeev decides just to stop Twinkle in her tracks. Twinkle and Sanjeev do not have much of a connection at all and don’t know how to communicate yet. Therefore, they argue and become dysfunctional over simple things. Their lack of connection is also another reason why Sanjeev can 't comprehend why Twinkle is so obsessed with this religious things that she finds. Sanjeev doesn 't know how to communicate with Twinkle the correct way because they never got a chance to get to know each other. Their marriage was arranged and they never got the chance to fall in love or being to figure each other …show more content…
Both stories show how simple things like, lack of communication, can be detrimental to a couple 's relationship. Bobbie Ann Mason style of writing gives a clear and realistic view on an average couples marriage and struggles they may go through. For example, having their child die soon after it was born is real situation that happens to many married couples. Also having a partner that travels a lot is very common and usually create problems for marriage. All of these common issues in marriages in some way affect communication. Jhumpa Lahiri is showing her issues with arranged marriages and is illustrating the majors problems that come with them. Many times the couple that is arranged to marry each other have no connection and in some cases, have never spent any valuable time with one another. Many of her stories show a lack of communication within the couple and a lack of interest in one another. Jhumpa Lahiri makes it apparent that it can be very difficult to make a connection and communicate effectively with someone you have no interest in. In each story, a very common and daily struggle in marriages all over are brought to