EVERYTHING

ARRANGED &
A QUESTION OF
DOWRY
Task 3
By : Sattiyan Nayar S/O Sagar
Thilageswari D/O Thirumalai
Nalini D/O Balan

Literary Criticism
Cultural Criticism

EVERYTHING
ARRANGED

Cultural Criticism

A QUESTION OF
DOWRY

Cultural Criticism
Modern Versus
Traditional Indian
Culture

EVERYTHING ARRANGED

Love marriage Is
Forbidden

Gender
Stereotyping

EVERYTHING ARRANGED
Modern Versus Traditional Indian Culture
Rukumani studies at University which makes
herself to expose to new world with different
culture or way of life.
Rukumanis mother that she cannot control her
daughter when she grows up while studying in
university
Rukumanis mother is also very strict and never
gives freedom for her daughter to talk to any guy.

EVERYTHING ARRANGED
Gender Stereotyping
Rukumani is not given full freedom to
explore the outside world compared to her
younger brother.
Nadarajah is given a special care and
treatment at home especially when
Rukumani is in heavy trouble with
parents.

EVERYTHING ARRANGED
Love marriage is forbidden
Huge humiliation to the family
Arrange marriage proves that their children
respect and obey the parents
They react violently when get to know that
Rukumani passes love letter to Johnny Chew.
Arrange marriages steal the rights of women
to voice out their opinion and interest.

Cultural Criticism
Form of payment or
things such jewellery,
car and land properties
to to the brides family .

A QUESTION OF DOWRY
Dowry system was
originated in upper
caste families as a
wedding gift.

QUESTION OF DOWRY
Thiruchelvams mother asks twentythousand dollars as a dowry which really
puts Mr Ramachandran in surprise.
Mr Ramachandran tells his wife that they
could not able to fulfil the dowry request
and also the necklace.
Thiruchelvaam rejects the marriage
because the Sivasothies family fails to
settle the dowry as promised before.

QUESTION OF DOWRY
Dowry makes things worst for poor families
like Mr Ramachadran family to arrange a
marriage for their daughter.
Some unfortunate parents have desire to
provide better life for their daughters, so they
are willing to pay a very high dowry.
This is looked as an advantage for
Thiruchelvams family to earn more in the
form of dowry although they do not need it.

Conclusion
Few similarities can be identified from both
stories in the aspect of cultural criticism.
Some parts of our culture need to be fixed.
We should provide better lifestyle rather for
younger generation rather than following old
traditions blindly.
We should voice out and act bravely if the
some norms of culture give us a bad
treatment, for example dowry system.

Thank
You