... independent income. In a society that praised the virtue of individualism and lauded the "self-made" man, the naming of the self and the reconciliation of this self to the society became a central issue and the Bildungsroman or novel of development a central fiction form. For male protagonists, the primary issue of the novel turned upon whether social aspiration within the class system could be reconciled with authentic desire and with moral feeling. This conflict in the lives of men, often with autobiographical reference, is ... of the aforesaid, were also dead and buried; and that the...

• Word Count: 6746
• Approx Pages: 27

... all avenues of their lives and appear at times to be more the product of the letter than the spirit. The younger residents in Firozsha Baag rebel, and the older ones fear the encroachment of a changing world. This conflict between religious tradition and personal fluidity creates the tension in each of the stories. The collection has been compared to Joyce's Dubliners and to Chekhov ... the secure flat and beyond the city by the sea into the village of the two tailors and the idyllic mountain home of the student. These locales are rendered with the same care Mistry takes with city life. ...

• Word Count: 4673
• Approx Pages: 19
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... all avenues of their lives and appear at times to be more the product of the letter than the spirit. The younger residents in Firozsha Baag rebel, and the older ones fear the encroachment of a changing world. This conflict between religious tradition and personal fluidity creates the tension in each of the stories. The collection has been compared to Joyce's Dubliners and to Chekhov ... the secure flat and beyond the city by the sea into the village of the two tailors and the idyllic mountain home of the student. These locales are rendered with the same care Mistry takes with city life. ...

• Word Count: 4675
• Approx Pages: 19
• Grade Level: Undergraduate