Tempoary Matter
“A Temporary Matter” is a story that shows the harsh, cold realities of the world. At the beginning I had the idea that Jhumpa Lahiri made this story into a typical Indian story which is seemingly predictable, where boy marries girl, boy works, wife cooks and they live happily ever after. This is not a typical Indian story as a matter of fact it’s quite the opposite. Jhumpa Lahiri created this story with a very down to earth and realistic state of mind. The setting she shows was integral to the plot and the characters of the story. “A Temporary Matter,” a title in which the story begins with, “The notice informed them that it was a temporary matter: for five days their electricity would be cut off for one hour,
The heart of the story takes place during these five days. The lights went out at eight o’ clock, around dinner time, and Shukumar cooked dinner. On most occasions, Shoba watches TV, and Shukumar sits on his computer, but since there were no lights on during these particular evenings, they unusually ate dinner together. Shukumar lit some candles and turned on some romantic jazz music which Jhumpa depicts really well. The couple continued this routine for the next five days. Jhumpa conveys that Shukumar seemed happy during this stretch and that the couple could finally bond after such a tragedy. Jhumpa intelligently suggested that everything was back to normal with them; this was clearly not the case. The characters in this story are Shoba, who is a ha
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Approximate Word count = 525
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