The Mango Season

By Amulya Malladi
Prepared By,
Vikneswaran A/L Adaikan
 Part 5 – Leftovers
(Father Of The Bride)

Epilogue
(Ready To Eat)
Characters (Based on Part 5 & Epilogue)

 Priya
 Adrash (Choice of Bridegroom for
 Sowmya
Priya)
 Nanna (Priya’s Father)
 Vinay (Sowmya Fiance)
 Ma (Radha, Priya’s Mother)
 Mrs. Murthy (Priya’s Neighbour)
 Thatha (Priya’s Grandpa)
 Lata
 Nate (Priya’s Brother)
 Jayant (Lata’s Husband)
 Frances (Nick’s Mother)
 Tara (Nate’s (Ex-) Girlfriend)
 Feminist Literary Criticism

 Freedom and brave enough to voice out opinions

 Priya
was given a chance to voice out her opinion about her
marriage.
 Atone point, Priya admits the truth and her father forgive her
for being honest.
 He also listens to her and supports her to marry Nick at last.
 Latais also courageous to voice out her opinion by rejecting to
do the test to get knowing the gender of her child.
 Textual Evidences

 “And you didn’t feel the need up until now to tell us about
this important person in your life? Even when I asked you
to your face you didn’t tell me. Why? What’s to hide?”
Nanna asked angrily. (Page 212, P 6)
 “I am glad that you didn’t marry him in the dark…I am
glad you had the courage to tell us. I would have
preferred to hear about it earlier but at least you told us,
so many others just wouldn’t have…” (Page 214, P 6)
“ ‘No’, she said looking at me, her eyes triumphant. There
will be no ultrasound and amino test.” (Page 221, P 6)
 Stand by the choice and rights of a daughter
 Nannastands by Priya’s choice during the confrontation
between Priya and Thatha.
 Heeven fights with Thatha for the rights of his daughter
to marry whom she loved.
 Heassures that Priya is no fool to make a bad decision
and she will be happy for living a life with her loved
one.
 Textual Evidences

 “Then that is your choice, I have no problems with who Priya

marries.” (Page 222 & 223, P 10 & 1)
 “I think that how she lives her life is her choice and yes, I
believe that she will be and actually she is actually she is happy
with Nicholas.” (Page 223, P 4)
 “She is my daughter and this my choice to make, just like you
are making yours. I trust her. I believe her to be a smart and
intelligent woman. I think that if she says she is happy with
Nicholas, she is telling the truth. Priya is no fool.” (Page 223, P
7)
 Post-colonization Literary Criticism

 Writing
long letters and sending emails to
communicate with one another
 Priya’s
Ma asked her to write letters instead of making
phone calls to tell what is happening there.
 Priya
uses email to send pictures of Nick and send
messages to Nate.
 Perception of Easterners towards Westerners
 Priya representing her family members’ thinking said that
Westerners are not cultural and morally behaved.
 They are very open-minded comparing to people living in the
East.
 So, most Indians only befriend with Indian people (same race)
as they have the bad perception towards the Westerners.
 This perspection leads the Easterners to be racist.
 Textual Evidences

 “Growing up, the West and Westerners were almost surreal

beings. It was a given that “they” had different morals and
values than “we” did and “we” were morally superior. Most first
generation Indians in the United States only had friends who
were Indian. I had never thought I would be any different. I had
started out with only Indian friends but my circle grew as I grew.
Now I was in the place where I didn’t think in terms of Indian
friends and America friends, just friends. I had somewhere down
the line stopped looking at skin color.” (Page 213, P 4)
 Reader Response

 Strong family bond and trust lead to a happy life.

 Blood is thicker than water
 Thereis a love-hate relationship shared by the
protagonist with her family.
 Wehave to trust our family members and love one
another no matter what.
 Reader Response

 Choices that someone can choose

 Everyone has their own choices and they are free to
choose it to their own liking.
 In today’s society, people tend to choose something
liked by the community which leads to depression.
 We should consider our own preferences rather than
sticking towards society’s norm.
Thank You