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Have you ever kept secrets from your best friend, secrets that can tear someone apart? In A Temporary Matter by Jhumpa Lahiri, Lahiri tells the story of two people and their complicated and fragile relationship. Shoba and Shukumar started sharing their feelings when the power wire was getting fixed, they were communicating with each other, which does not usually happen after their baby was born dead. Shoba says she is going to move into the apartment, because she needed some time to herself.…

to ruin. In the following short stories, the relationships lack communication which lead to destruction. Throughout A Temporary Matter, When Mr. Pirzada Came To Dine, and Interpreter of Maladies, Lahiri suggests the themes of miscommunication and unexpressed thoughts which illustrates the importance of communication in continuing a relationship. In A Temporary Matter, the characters relationship suffers due to the fact they no longer discuss any underlying issues between them. Shukumar was…

addressed (Tutt, 2007). This coincided with the Salamanca Statement (UNESCO, 1994), which drew together a range of countries to agree and sign commitment to principles of inclusion, ensuring that all children are enrolled in ‘regular schools’ as a matter of course (Ekins, 2012). It made it clear that ‘its’ scope extends beyond those children expressed as having special educational needs: The guiding principle that informs this framework is that schools should accommodate all children regardless…

hereon Oriola, appealed the dismissal of a restraining order sought pursuant to the DVPA for a lack of subject matter jurisdiction. The appeal asserted the trial court erred in finding there was no dating relationship between Oriola and the respondent, hereon Thaler. The appellate court affirmed the trial court’s ruling, based on Oriola’s pleadings and statements, that it lacked subject matter jurisdiction. The appellate court concluded a “dating relationship” had not been established since: the…

Emotions really do matter, they affect students’ classroom performances, attention, decision making, and building relationships, and their health. Students want to attend school to learn, but that being said, other things happen other than getting educated. The main argument of Emotions Matter by Marc A. Brackett is, “The science of emotions provides a lens that can help us understand [students’] experiences at school and thus serve [them], ... more effectively”. Students have been emotionally…

I chose this website because this had to do with immigration. Jhumpa immigrated from india, this website restricted the amount of immigrants allowed to america. In “A Temporary Matter” both Shukumar and Shobha are immigrants. The story focuses on their heritage and culture for a little bit. The article focuses on the downside of immigration. To the contrary there are many upsides as well. One of them is diversity in society. Diversity makes the gene pool different and makes more people unique.…

Family Matters Imagine waking up and getting up to do your regular day routine. You don’t even go over it in your head, it’s just so normal just getting up and feeding the dogs, giving my older brother Richard his medication and making breakfast in the microwave. My dad who was taking his regular smoke outside, calls me and gives me news that would change my life. When someone imagines news that will change their life they picture something like, “oh we’re moving, say goodbye to your friends”.…

Apparently Appearance Matters As someone passes by, it’s natural for them to look another person up and down, make uninformed assumptions, and pass judgements. With assumptions and judgments being made, it allows people to place themselves, and others, into groups they think they belong, or don’t belong in. Individuals who hold a position of power tend to decide what groups others are supposed to be in based on their appearance and interests. In the process of categorizing someone, many factors…

Literacy does not matter. These four simple yet disturbing words are the appalling message that we send to our students if our libraries of public schools are closed down. It tells us that literacy has become insignificant. The truth is that even though it may seem that in our day and age, in the new digital world that something tangible such as a book may seem redundant but in fact books and reading books have only become more important. When Will Schwalbe said “Books are the most powerful…

This novel offers some insight into the ways that the devil would like to win us over. It also gives us an insight into the relationship between demons. The novel is writing by C.S. Lewis. He was a great author and a believer of the Lord. He used this novel as an insight into what the devil tries to do. He also uses it to explain what the Lord does to protect us from the devil. This is one of those novels that can be hard for a Christian to read because it is in the viewpoint of a demon. This…