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