Hell-Heaven by Jhumpa Lahiri

In the bypass flooring, Hell-Heaven, by Jhumpa Lahiri, the character Pranab Kaku, provides the reviewer with deep insight into his oft dubious mind. Pranab Kaku has unconditional relish and a strong familiarity towards another(prenominal) characters while remaining an ambiguous figure overall. The theme of ethnic identity is reflected by dint of all(prenominal) characters depth. Jhumpa Lahiri uses first person forefront of view to further chip in to the familiarity of the characters in this short story. The story is told from the perspective of Usha, the daughter of Aparna. We gloss her cultural troubles and the struggles of all the characters through her perspective.\nPranabs character is the catalyst for transmute for Aparna and her family. In the beginning of the story, he was immediately accepted into Ushas family cod to their shared cultural heritage. He was accepted into the family as a brother of the father. Usha called him uncle and Pranab called Aparna Boudi , the traditional Bengali way of addressing an older brothers wife. Lahiri shows that Pranab was feeling for a surrogate family in the way he associates Aparna with his family in Calcutta, He noticed the deuce or three resort pins she wore fastened to the thin specious bangles that were behind the red and uninfected ones, which she would use to replace a missing hook on a blouse or to hatful a string through a petticoat at a moments notice, a form he associated strictly with his generate and sisters and aunts in Calcutta (63). Ushas family was willing to get hitched with Pranab into the family since they were all dealing with adapting to a saucily country.\nAparna was most alter by Pranabs introduction into her family. Lahiri uses Ushas history to reflect on the changes her perplex is going through, I did not know, back then, that Pranab Kakus visits were what my mother looked previous to all day, that she changed into a new sari and combed her pig in anticipation of his arrival, and that she planned, years in advanc...