![]() ![]() Das and his interest in the ‘Americanness’ that the skirt and her other American attire represents. ![]() Das’ blouse as well as her ‘red-and-white-checkered skirt’ muddles the line between Mr. Das’s attention towards the tight fit of Mrs. Hardly describing the other characters in similar detail, Lahiri instead focuses on Mr. Kapasi’s lust through detailed observation and fixation on the fit of Mrs. She wore a red-and-white-checkered skirt that stopped above her knees, slip-on shoes with a square wooden heel, and a close-fitting blouse styled like a man’s undershirt” (“Interpreter of Maladies” 2). ![]() In a description of intense fascination, Lahiri notes that Mr. Das, the mother of the American tourist family. In “Interpreter of Maladies”, Lahiri immediately establishes this theme when Mr. In three distinct stories dissecting American-Bengali cross-cultural relations, Lahiri uses lust to explore the intense longings of each character to belong to a culture different than his or her own, whether it be American or Bengali. ![]()
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