... and remaining in India. However, it is their own choices that make them different. Like Olivia, the narrator falls pregnant, like Oliver she decided to abort it at first, but unlike Olivia, she didn't. "Heat and Dust" explores both character's choices and the results of their choices in similar situations. It also shows us how our choices and attitudes can change ... of this is when Olivia first goes to visit the Begum. In this scene, both cultures act like what is expected of them. The Indians have set up 'four good European chairs', and this shows the difference in both cultures. The ...

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... behind his wife Kasturba and (by that time) his two small sons. It was early in his stay in South Africa that he was forced to confront the wrath of European racism. The Indians there without political rights and were far from being considered full human beings. Mohandas was once thrown out of a railway car although he held a first-class ticket ... concepts which would become the benchmark of democracy, these included: equality, individual rights and freedoms, including property, government based upon consent of the governed and limitations of the state. (Macridis) Unlike Locke however,...

• Word Count: 1178
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• Grade Level: High School