1. The English Character in A Passage to India
... bigoted and restrictive ethos entrenched in customs that discourage opposition to the masses, clashes with the wholly different culture of the native people of India, "a world whose richness and subtlety they [the English] have no conception- ("Notes on the English Character- 5). In the Bridge Party that takes place at the start of the novel, the reader is introduced to some of these prejudices and cultural misunderstandings ... it as much as we do- (41). The extent of the cultural misunderstandings that result during the Bridge Party, is most apparent during the awkward, confused conver...
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