In “Management of Grief” by Bharati Mukherjee, there are quite a bit of characters but one stood out from the rest and that was Pam. Pam is Kusum’s daughter who has decided to not follow the traditional characteristics of her family. Bharati Mukherjee develops Pam as an interesting character by giving her contrasting traits. She has contrasting traits in by being westernized woman versus acting in traditionalism. To display her westernized traits it is done by her actions and appearance. “She dates Canadian boys and hangs out in the mall, shopping for tight sweaters” (Mukherjee 419). Pam does not wear traditional garb as her mother nor does she does ‘sweet’ things like her sister. She acts like other Canadian teenagers and rebels against
