A Passage to India is a Showcase of Bitter Relationship Between East and West
by It is about the picture of bitter relationship between east and west in A passage to India.
Abstract
It is not possible lo explain any dissertation within a concise range. Though just to make understand the chief motive of my topic A Passage to India is a showcase of bitter relationship between East and West, the total work is presented in a short descriptive way. I have chosen one novel to illustrate the topic and this novel is A passage to India composed by E.M Forster. In A Passage to India Forster provides a complex study of Anglo-Indian (East-West) relationships which clarifies the fact that the British as a ruling class in their dealings with the Indians operate only at the level of political and social responsibility. The characters and incidents of the novel indicate that the British do not care to understand the true nature of India, its- people and landscape. They are convinced of the fact that the British colonial system is a civilizing force and blessings for the natives and they are completely unaware of the hollowness and futility of this idea.
This dissertation paper has been put together with information gleaned from a variety of sources. I have also compared my dissertation topic with other Post colonial writings to deepen my thought.
Introduction
A Passage to India portrays the life of the small English community in a city called Chandrapore, and the relations of this community with the local population. The relations between the English and the Indians are depicted on both an official and a social, personal level. The relations between the two Indian communities—Hindus and Moslems—are depicted too.
The English officials in Chandrapore are an embodiment of the English Public School mentality (which Forster detested). The starting point for the story is the visit of Mrs. Moore and Miss Adela Quested to Chandrapore. The two ladies have come from England because a marriage is being arranged between Miss Adela and Ronny Heaslop, the City Magistrate, while Mrs. Moore has come as an escort for the young lady (the City Magistrate being the old woman’s son by her first marriage).
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