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	<description>Lesetagebuch zu "Heat and Dust"</description>
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		<title>Arranged marriages</title>
		<description><![CDATA[-          parents choose patners
-          bride and groom are forced to marry
-          early decision, early wedding (e.g. Gandhi with 13)
-          bride has to move in with her husband(‘s family)
ð     suffering, mother-in-law rules
-          often to be found in societies without equal rights for the sexes
-          factors in the decision: &#8211; colour of the skin
                                               - age
                                               - appearance [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=elenadust.wordpress.com&blog=3114463&post=32&subd=elenadust&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Inder Lal&#8217;s antagonism</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Traditional India:
-          Ritu’s treatment
-          Rule of mother
-          Arranged marriage
-          Interested in Hindu religion (believes in reincarnation)
 
Progress/Western influence:
-          strong interest in science
-          Rejection of hijras
-          Superstitious
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		<link>http://elenadust.wordpress.com/2008/06/22/inder-lals-antagonism/</link>
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		<title>Husband&#8217;s Wedding Day</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Major Minnies
-          prevent disorder in Satipur on HWD -&#62; duty: keep order
                                                   -&#62; worried/ fear: afraid of losing control
 
Nawab (Muslim)
-          tolerates the Muslim-Hindu riots in Khatm on HWD -&#62; ruler without power
                                                                                            -&#62; shows the British their limits
                                                                                            -&#62; refuses to follow advises
                                                                                            -&#62; has religious motivation
                                                                                            -&#62; takes offence at Hindu worshippers taking over  
                                                                                                 his ancestor’s [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=elenadust.wordpress.com&blog=3114463&post=30&subd=elenadust&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://elenadust.wordpress.com/2008/06/22/husbands-wedding-day/</link>
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		<title>Chid&#8217;s spirituality</title>
		<description><![CDATA[-          is accepted to be a art of the town =&#62; is different
-          is not affected by the weather =&#62; ignorance
-          meditates for hours =&#62; deep faith
-          is chanting all the time =&#62; does not show consideration for the narrator and also Ritu
-          does not wash himself =&#62; makes his own rituals
-          does not take [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=elenadust.wordpress.com&blog=3114463&post=29&subd=elenadust&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The big topics</title>
		<description><![CDATA[pp. 49-61
 
-          sattee (shrines) -&#62; reminds at Romeo and Juliet
-          the narrator, Inder Lal and his mother
-          the Nawab and Douglas
-          Inder Lal and his wife
 
=&#62; arranged marriages
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		<title>The Nawab&#8217;s image by Olivia</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Analyse the different images of the Nawab by Olivia.
Support your results with quotations from the text (pp. 29-49) and present them on transparency.
 
p. 44, ll.18-19 =&#62; she is subordinated, she has to adapt to his mood
p. 44, ll. 27-32 =&#62; he is not considerate towards Olivia, she suffers, but he does not show     sympathy
p. 45, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=elenadust.wordpress.com&blog=3114463&post=27&subd=elenadust&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://elenadust.wordpress.com/2008/06/22/the-nawabs-image-by-olivia/</link>
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		<title>Comments on the narrator&#8217;s behaviour and attitude</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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” =&#62; sceptical
             p. 25, l.18: is interested in their stories, but not pleased
 

The narrator holds her compatriots in high esteem. She admires [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=elenadust.wordpress.com&blog=3114463&post=25&subd=elenadust&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://elenadust.wordpress.com/2008/06/22/comments-on-the-narrators-behaviour-and-attitude/</link>
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		<title>Headlines</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
pp. 24-28

 
- Bad experiences
- Huge disappointment in India
- Positive and negative aspects of India
 
ð     The narrator just reflects the experiences of the others, but does not give her own opinion. Thus the reader has to form his own opinion.
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		<title>Family tree of the narrator</title>
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		<link>http://elenadust.wordpress.com/2008/04/13/family-tree-of-the-narrator/</link>
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		<title>Fictional biography of the man with the monkey in the first diary entry</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Well, I will start with a little description of myself: my name is Steven Seeley, I am 25 years old. 
For 10 years I live now in India, but my native country is England. I came to India in 1881 with my father. He was an important colonialist and he promises me that I will [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=elenadust.wordpress.com&blog=3114463&post=8&subd=elenadust&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://elenadust.wordpress.com/2008/04/06/fictional-biography-of-the-man-with-the-monkey-in-the-first-diary-entry/</link>
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