Week 5 Discussion

To continue preparing you for Essay 1, the Comparative Analysis Paper, this discussion also asks you to analyze and synthesize the short stories from Jhumpa Lahiri’s collection Interpreter of Maladies.

Instructions

Make sure you have read the Week 5 Instructional Content before proceeding with this discussion.

In a response of at least 250 words, compare “The Treatment of Bibi Haldar” and “Sexy” (see “Strategies for Writing a Comparative Paper” in Schlib and Clifford, p. 161–167).

Begin by making a list of similarities and differences between the stories. Then, review your lists and ask yourself:

• What pattern emerges from these observations of the text?
• What is significant about these similarities and differences?
• What do these similarities and differences reveal?

Week 5 Discussion Answer

Bibi was a woman who has a seizure disorder  and some screaming spells (Lahiri, 174). Her ailment is often used against her even she she tries really hard to change things and be more active. People claim that she is too lazy to do thinga and is not greatful for what she has. Nevertheless, after several attempts of getting the right diagnosis she finally found a doctor who laid it down and simple for her; he said she needed a man. At first, this assumption may seem verrt odd, but if carefully examined, it is obvious what the doctor was pointing out. Loneliness comes in different forms and for Bibi, it manifested in her seizures