Read pages 24-28 verify or falsify the following statements by analysing the narrator’s behaviour. Quote from the text.
- The narrator is very pleased to meet her young compatriots.
p. 25, l. 3: “odd trio” => sceptical
p. 25, l.18: is interested in their stories, but not pleased
- The narrator holds her compatriots in high esteem. She admires their unselfishness and their brave decision to embark on a totally different life in India.
p. 25, ll. 14-18: The English girl complains about the dirt in India and then the narraor
asks the trio why they came to India => Ironic
p. 25, l. 21: They have made so many bad experiences => Makes fun of them, why
they are still in India
- The narrator is very interested in the young people she meets.
p. 25, l. 18: If the narrator would not be interested, she would not write it in her diary
and would not ask the people why they are here, but these aspects have only a
meaning, because she is interested in their stories, but not in their personalities.
- The narrator is quite optimistic about the young people’s future in India.
She makes fun of the English couple (look 2.) -> are overtaxed with life in India ->
are not able to survive much longer
p. 25, ll. 15-17: critical about the wave of Europeans who came to India to find
spirituallity, but get only disillusionment; force them back to England, because they
are not happy
- The narrator’s behaviour shows that she is totally different from Olivia.
On the one hand, they are different, because Olivia is a bit like the unprepared English
couple, who complains about their unhappiness. On the other hand, the narrator and
Olivia react at the graveyard both touchy as they see the Saunder’s baby grave (p. 28,
ll. 10-17).
