Analysis Of ' A Passage Of India '

Analysis Of ' A Passage Of India '

People can agree that the colonization and the spread of the British Empire had the barest of good moments. And those good moments are overshadowed by the massive amounts of negativity that occurred in the wake of their rule. The way the nations were treated is obscured by the immense sense of pride that is displayed when thinking about a nation 's people and past. This also transcended into the way that America views and treats other nations that they are "allied with" or "has ties with", but I digress. In the view of the overall topic of our class being the "refusal to inherit the modern novel", I would like to point out the contradictions of character and the motifs being displayed are both important to this scene in the essence of the ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ...When instances of compensation come up, Aziz is actually very practical, stating that "I want the money–– to educate my boys, as I explained to her."(261–2). Now we know that Fielding is supposed to be a logical person. A logical person would see that this is completely acceptable to educate young Indian boys. However, instead, Fielding goes against his normal behavior and uses the emotional blackmail on Aziz, his friend, to ensure this British woman is safe. Using Mrs. Moore's "ghost," he says "nothing that he believed to be untrue, but producing something that was probably far from the truth."(262) This is not the first time he has used the "ghost" of Mrs. Moore to be cruel to his friend. During Aziz's celebration, Fielding blurted out that she was dead in an attempt to gain the upper–hand in the conversation and because he wasn't happy with Aziz. Fielding even admits to feeling guilt over trying to kill her image when it was the only thing that Aziz would have left. These are the emotional responses that Fielding criticizes the Indian people have. On the other end of the spectrum, Adela has all but stopped being a person that has any resemblance of empathy.

Adela has lost much at this point and we are to feel very conflicted with how we feel about her in this predicament, however, this is the only moment we see her being herself. Fielding asks her to write

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