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The events occur in the city of Chandrapore, India.

Where the British empire built one of


them center. Dr. Aziz is the main protagonist of the story and this story begins when the
Surgeon Candellar called Aziz urgently. Aziz goes to his home and the surgeon doesnt
appear. In that moment Aziz decided to go to a Mosque where he meets Mrs. Moore.
Mrs. Moore is travelling through India with Adela who will get marry Moores son. Adela
wants to know the real life in India. Through the first chapters, Dr. Aziz and the British
people tries to establish a good relationship.
Why Aziz couldnt go to the party? -> Because their busy schedule.
What is the one thing that Adela wants most to accomplish from her journey? -> See the
real indian life.
Why does Aziz behave rudely to Mrs. Moore when they first meet at the mosque? ->
Because he thinks that Mrs. Moore hasnt taken off their shoes

Mosque: Sacred place where muslims worship god, centre of the town.
east:
- Muslims -> A mosque by winning his approval let loose his imagination [] Here
was Islam, his own country, more than a Faith, more than a battle-cry, much, much
more Islam, an attitude towards life both exquisite and durable, where his body
and his thoughts find their home. (pag. 6), Aziz personal relationship with islam

- Responsable Aziz had not gone to the Bridge Party. Immediately after his meeting
with Mrs. Moore he was diverted to other matters. Several surgical cases came in,
and kept him busy. (pag 21)

- Respect their traditions: For another, the day chanced to fall on the anniversary of
his wife's death. She had died soon after he had fallen in love with her; he had not
loved her at first. (Pag 22)

- To be doomed: Trouble after trouble encountered him, because he had challenged


the spirit of the Indian earth, which tries to keep men in compartments. (pag 55)
West:
- Christianity: Mrs. Moore felt that she had made a mistake in mentioning God, (page
21)
- Conservative She accepted his escort back to the club, and said at the gate that she
wished she was a member, so that she could have asked him in. "Indians are not
allowed into the Chandrapore Club even as guests," he said simply. (page 8)
- Discriminate indian people
- Colonizers
- They control the country: were symbolic of the net Great Britain had thrown over
India. He felt caught in their meshes. (pag 5)

Similitud:
Religious
"Because India is a part of the earth, and God has put us on the earth to be
pleasant to each other. God islove [] God has put us on earth to love our
neighbors and to show it, and He is omnipresent, even in India, to see how we are
succeeding [] The sincere if impotent desire wins His blessing. I think everyone
fails, but there are so many kinds of failure. Good will and more good will and more
good will." (pag. 21)

Mrs. Moore:
Ronnys mother, sympathetic and sensitive, deep Christian belief, Is one of the
person that think that anglo indian behave badly with native Indians.
Think: Civilizing mission is just an excuse to gain more power (Page 20)
One touch of regret--not the canny substitute but the true regret from the heart--would have
made him a different man, and the British Empire a different institution.
"I'm going to argue, and indeed dictate," she said, clinking her rings. "The English are out
here to be pleasant

feel: She accepted his escort back to the club, and said at the gate that she wished she was
a member, so that she could have asked him in. (page 8)

say: (page 7)

"I was married twice."


"Yes, now I see, and your first husband died."
"He did, and so did my second husband."
"Then we are in the same box," he said cryptically. "Then is the City Magistrate the entire
of your family now?"
"No, there are the younger ones--Ralph and Stella in England."

Do: (page 11)


Mrs. Moore, whom the club had stupefied, woke up outside. She watched the moon, whose
radiance stained with primrose the purple of the surrounding sky. In England the moon had
seemed dead and alien; here she was caught in the shawl of night together with earth and all
the other stars. A sudden sense of unity, of kinship with the heavenly bodies, passed into
the old woman and out, like water through a tank, leaving a strange freshness behind

1) describes the city of Chandrapore, India. It is a


small, dirty, ugly city next to the Ganges River.
Everything, including the inhabitants, seems to be
made of mud.
2) Dr. Aziz talikin with their friends, about how the English end up
becoming intolerable. He says it takes six months
for this to happen to the men, and six weeks for
the women.
3) Mrs. Moore enters the club, adela wanted t osee
the real india, Mrs. Moores son and adela might
become engaged soon.
4) Mr. Turton keeps his promise, and the next day he
invites several Indian gentlemen to his Bridge
Party, indian are excited to be part of the party.
5) Mrs. Moore didnt understand why his soon become
so strange to her
6) Aziz didnt go to the party. And his boss Callendar
is upset with him because he arrive late the night
before. Aziz generally views the English as comic
figures, and he enjoyed being misunderstood by
them, so he decides not to be angry at Callendar.
7) Fielding tells Aziz that Mrs. Moore and Adela are
coming to tea as well, and Aziz remembers his
encounter with Mrs. Moore at the mosque.
8) Aziz is embarrassed of his company (Fielding) and
his dirty room, but he also tries to make sure Rafi
is still comfortable after being scolded. The men
soon start talking familiarly with Fielding, and they
discuss religion. Hamidullah then asks why England
is justified in ruling India, if England is the less
moral country.
9) Aziz is self-deprecating about his poor, dirty home,
while Fielding says little. Aziz then shows Fielding a
photo of his late wife, which Aziz keeps in a locked
drawer.
10) Aziz goes through a great amount of trouble
inviting Mrs. Moore, Adela, Fielding, and Professor
Godbole as he wants to recreate the company of
the tea party. Ronny allows Adela to go as long as
Fielding takes responsibility for her. Aziz is forced
to accommodate everyones unique dietary
restrictions
11) Adela is talkin about her plans, and mrs. Moore has
fallen asleep. Adela and Mrs. Moore wait for the
miracle of dawn, but the sun rises without fanfare
or beauty, behind dull clouds. The women agree
that England has better sunrises than India
12) Adela asks Aziz if he is married, and if he has
children. He says he does, and doesnt bother to
say that is wife is dead, Adela ask him if he has
more than one wife. he goes into a cave to recover
his composure, thinking to himself Damn the
English even at their best. Adela follows him in
soon after, unaware that she has offended him.

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