... forced onto another party when that individual is unable to tend to their own needs. As was the case in the short story "A Devoted Son" by Anita Desai, a main character Mubarak Varma-ji follows this natural societal occurrence. As viewed in a Marxist prospective, as Mubarak progresses throughout the story a power struggle with is own life emerges, which leaves his son in command, and than ... much more than love and respect, Varma-Ji had significant power over his son, this was evident when he recalled a situation upon the return of his son from America "Yes, and do you know the first t...

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... want to stay with their astringent old Grandmother. Jay states "I hate coming here," "when I was five, I drew a picture of her and called it "Frankenstein's Grandma."" (Act I, sc. i) Even the younger brother Arty, hated visiting his unbearable grandmother, stating that "I hated kissing her. It felt like putting your lips on a wrinkled ice cube." (Act I, sc i) As Crosby (2002, p.1) asserts ""Lost in Yonkers" exemplifies ... death rattles of fear."(Kroll, 1991, p1) And finally we are introduced to Uncle Louie, who is depicted as a ruthless gangster, and unafraid of Grandma, a character wh...

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