A horse and two goats – Caught between cultures
Mr. Wong
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Zusammenfassung des Kapitels "A horse and two goats" aus Caught between cultures
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R.K. Narayan, 1965
Setting
- Time: 1960
- Place: India, Kiritam
- Point of view: Omniscient narrator, internal monologue, less comments of the narator
Characters
- Muni
- poor old indian, has two goats, lives in a tiny village, low casted, naiv
- American tourist
- typical western tourist, comes from New York, red-faced, expensive clothes, friendly and respectful, he isn't adapted on this country, smokes, he doesn't know very much about the culture and tradition, he sees animals like goats as pets
Plot
- Exposition
- Description of the place and the persons - waiting Indian and the American who arrives
- Conflict / rising action
- The American tries to do some small talk and wants to know something about the statue. Muni doesn't understand him
- Climax
- The Tourist makes a price offer for the statue and wants to do a business.
- Resolution
- The Indian goes with the money - Tourist waits for help for the transport
Themes
- Missunderstanding / ability of understanding
- importance of the language
- lack of understanding the culture