As I was reading, I never could quite get a sense of where the story was going. I thought that maybe they would discover that someone they knew kept placing things there on purpose, or perhaps that the previous owners has purposefully left them there and why they left them.
I also thought that the relationship between Twinkle and Sanjeev was a curious one. Twinkle, in accordance with her name, seemed very childish. While it says she was 27 years old when they met, she still acts like a child. She doesn't help around the house, seems lazy in that she continuously says she will do something and then doesn't and she acts as if she couldn't care less what the house looks like.
Twinkle also doesn't seem like she has as strong of a Hindu belief as Sanjeev does. Twinkle identifies more with her American side. Sanjeev wants to keep his Hindu identity strong, and doesn't want to have to explain to all of their house-warming guests that they are not Christian, because Twinkle keeps displaying all the Christian items she finds around the house on the mantel. Twinkle also seems more carefree about what others think and even gets everyone up in the attic looking for the next item.
ALSO, a question I have is about a short scene after she gets out of the bath. Do you think that the blue mask on her face is supposed to have a correlation with the Virgin Mary? I know I often read readings in high school in which blue was a symbol of Mary. Another question is about the tears she shed in that scene. Was it trying to relate her to the large poster of Christ crying in her study?
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wow, Lauren. I never thought of that...I did not go to a Catholic high school and would never have interpreted that scene in that way...
ReplyDeleteHowever, from discussions we had in class, would it seem right for her to represent Mary when she didn't know anything about the faith? why do you think the author would have done that?