Satvika Madadi

Mrs. Gardner
English 0
1 Dec 2014

"How Class (Still) Matters In Kiran Desai's The Inheritance Of Loss."

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Karlo Mongaya, 12 Feb. 2014. Web. 02 Dec. 2014.

This article allows the reader to fully understand how social class
and race are dominant in Desais book. It shows how these
aspects of human life. Mongaya also comments on the fact that
the characters seem as if they are singing. Overall, this article
focuses on the outline of the book and emphasizes on how two
aspects of life control the book.

This article allows the readers to develop a more clear insight on

the core of the novel. Mongaya organizes her facts in a way that
seems extremely reliable because she backs up each and every
one of her statements with a quote from the novel. Each
statement expresses the frustration and struggle of being low in
the social class in a way that almost seems melodious.

"The Inheritance of Loss." Goodreads. N.p.,n.d. Web. 02 Dec. 2014.

This article tugs at Desais idea of having to numerous choices to

make and how that can influence the direction of the book. These
choices are what drive the story and allows the story to move
forward. Overall, the authors diction and writing style takes it to
a whole new level.

The author of this article helps the readers develop a clearer

image of specific parts of the novel. After reading this article, one
comes to realize that the choices the characters make are what
truly make the book so relatable.

"Kiran Desai and 'The Inheritance of Loss'" NPR. NPR, 3 Jan. 2006. Web.
02 Dec.
2014.

This article is wholly based on the summarization of Desais book

as well as other smaller tidbits such as the fact that Desais love
of landscape inspired the book and that Sais love of books also
comes from Desai. Also Desais point of view on illegal
immigration is reflected in this book as Biju, the cooks son, is an
illegal immigrant working in New York.

This article pinpoints certain facts that are important to the

novel. For example, the books constant reference to landscape
comes from Desais love of landscape. Even the first page of the
novel is dedicated to landscape. These specific points are useful
in this novel because it helps us understand why Desai put
specific scenes in the novel.

"The Guardian." Theguardian.com. Heidi Julavits, 2014. Web. 2 Dec.

2014.

This interview is about how the fascinating story of how she

came up with the title of the novel as well as some aspects of the
novel. Using important aspects of her own life, she comes up
with a way to incorporate it into the book. For example, each
generation in Desais family, a daughter would inherit jewelry,
and that is how she came up with the scene where they go to the
bank for the jewelry.

This interview holds reference to an important part of Indian

culture: inheritance. Desai clarifies that the reason the title was
given its name is because of the inheritance of jewelry in her
family.

"Agonies of the Immigrants in Kiran Desai's The Inheritance of Loss."

Http://connection.ebscohost.com. N.p., July 2014. Web. 02 Dec.
2014.

This article allows the reader to track feelings such as pain and
humiliation throughout the novel. Being incredibly
straightforward, the author depicts humiliation in this novel to be
plentiful. At one point or the other, the characters in this novel
experience these feelings in the extreme and Desai executes the
feelings of these characters perfectly.

The Inheritance of Loss is as popular as it is today because of the

heartfelt stories. Though the overall story might not be relatable,
but the themes of pain and humiliation offer a kind of sympathy
to the characters in the novel because those specific feelings are
incredibly relatable.

"Book Review: The Inheritance of Loss By Kiran Desai."

Http://literarychronicles.wordpress.com. Kiprop Kimutai, n.d.
Web. 02 Dec. 2014.

This article breaks down the characters of this novel so that the
readers are able to understand the novel in a better way. With
beautiful diction, Kimutai is able to describe the struggles and
break down the fears of these complex characters.

This article allows the readers to feel more compassion and

empathy for the characters, as these characters are broken down
and analyzed so intensely. The article allows us to see the
characters in a way that they feel real. Overall, the article
appeals to our senses and gives the readers that push to
sympathize with the characters.