Mrs. Sen's by Jhumpa Lahiri - Analysis

 Themes and important elements

·       Indian tradition

·       Looking toward the past

·       Food preparation rituals

·       American-Indian interactions

·       Child-adult interactions

·       Eliot understands Mrs. Sen and his mother does not

·       Unhappiness in the US

·       Apparent coldness of Indian relationships

·       Happiness dependent on homelike things

·       The helplessness of children

·       The perceptiveness of children

·       Responsibility

Style and devices

·       Third person limited narrator

·       Eliot is the focalizer

Keywords

·       Campus

·       Blade

·       Fish

·       Ocean

·       Beach house

·       Vegetable names

·       Car, driving

·       Bus

People and places

·       Mrs. Sen

·       Mr. Sen

·       Eliot

·       Abby

·       Mrs. Linden

·       India

Jhumpa Lahiri