Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Mr Pirzada Comes to Dine

1. Check books
2. Partition 1947
3. Indo-Pakastani War 1971

Free write
1. Can a person's national identity (and what does this mean? be sure to define it.) change with a change in physical boundaries?
2. In what ways has your identity changed in relation to physical boundaries?

Group Questions: find text evidence to support all answer
1. Who is the narrator? How old is she when she is narrating? How would you describe her tone? Her character?
2. In what ways does Lahiri express the extreme emotional state of Mr. Pirzada?
3. "Mr. Pirzada won't be coming today. More importantly, Mr. Pirzada is no longer considered Indian," my father announced, brushing salt from the cashews out of his trim black beard. "Not since Partition. Our country was divided. 1947." (25) What does this interpretation of what Mr Pirzada is and is not considered say about the conflict between national identity and geographical boundaries?
4. How does Lahiri create a cultural difference between Lilia and her parents? Between America and India?
5. Why does Lahiri use Halloween in this story? How might it exemplify difference and the idea of belonging?
6. What is the reader to make of Lilia's prayers for Mr. Pirzada and her ritual with the candies?
7. Who is the interpreter of maladies in this story? (Question inspired by Claire Fox!)

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