Das, the slip with Mr. Kapasi’s address on it, and the camera used by Mr. Likewise, “Interpreter of Maladies” also has several symbols like the sunglasses used by Mrs.
As mentioned previously, symbols are the perfect tool for an author to portray their characters to the audience. In the story, “Interpreter of Maladies,” Lahiri has used symbols throughout to establish a better understanding of the plot and the characters. Jhumpa Lahiri’s writing style is one to be admired. Now, using literary elements such as symbols, imagery and metaphors are very prominent in a story to really build the vivid image of the scene in the minds of the readers. Kapasi does not bother when his address slip flies out of Mrs. Suggest some kind of remedy” (Jhumpa 411, p. … I was hoping you could help me feel better, say the right thing. Kapasi feels disheartened when he listens to Mrs. Das confesses that Bobby, her second child is not the son of Mr. Das-a tourist wife-but which fizzles out within a few hours (Srivastava). Kapasi hears these words, he begins to suffer from the malady of illusory romantic association with Mrs. Das is fascinated by it and says, “Interesting. Kapasi, their tour-guide also works as an interpreter in a local clinic during the weekdays. The Das family visit India for vacation and plan to go to the Sun Temple at Konark.
The Interpreter of Maladies is a story of the Das family and Mr.
Now, in this essay, I chose to write on the symbols that are used in the “Interpreter of Maladies,” written by Jhumpa Lahiri, an Indian American author, who won the 2000 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. Symbols always help the readers understand the inner meaning and go beyond the glass ceiling to interpret the characters. In all the texts I’ve read in the past few weeks, symbols are present everywhere. “Symbolism gives a writer freedom to add double levels of meanings to his work: a literal one that is self-evident and the symbolic one whose meaning is far more profound than the literal one” (Symbolism). The symbols are a great means for a writer to convey their expression with a profound meaning.
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