A Passage to India by E.M. ForsterMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
Disclosure:
In fact I am not a fan of these kinds of books, but I was obligatory in the English Curriculum. I have this book in a Paperback and PDF too. I got them both free.
My Plot:
A Passage to India, is a plot of conflict between cultures. The story begin with Miss Adela Quested and Mrs Moore taking their journey from England to India, The purpose of the journey was that Adela wants to discover India and to meet her intended Husband. Mr. Ronny Heaslop, Mrs Moore's son of the first husband, The first part of the story was about the meeting between Mrs Moore and Dr. Aziz. the second part takes place in the Marabar caves, where Dr. Aziz takes Mrs. Moore and Miss Adela took his English friends for a party there. in this Part Dr. Aziz is accused of Assaulting Miss Quested. after several hard events. Dr. Aziz is set free due to Miss Quested testimony that he is not guilty. After the trial Miss Adela receives the news of Mrs Moore's death in the sea. In the third part of the story, in Mau City, Dr. Aziz view will be changed, at this part he is more cared about his people in India. He will meet The Fieldings' family, and all the misunderstandings will be cleared.
Positive and Negatives Aspects:
Conflict is the main theme in this story, It is a conflict between the Good and the Bad, Between the British culture and the Indian Culture during the colonisation time. Everything inside the story is very interesting. It was a nice attempt from Foster to depict the real relation between the English Elite and the Original Indians inside their country. The Passage here is meant for the Understanding between the two cultures. A mental passage to change the minds from the claimed backwardness to the sophisticated culture and way of living.
Speaking about the positive aspects. the story narrates in a very professional way all the incident that presented the mental conflict between English as colonizers and between aboriginal people of India. The language was simple and clear and the narrative techniques were amazing. No bad aspects at all. and that's the reason why I vote for the book as Amazing.
My Personal View:
For me the book as a nice depiction of the relation between the mental conflict of Imperialism, and the aboriginal culture of Indians inside their country. It is an implementation of the contradictory relation between developed and backward people. It's in fact the theory that Edward Said spoke about, Between the East and the West. But even if I am not a fan of themes but I really liked the way of how events went complicated and how it was released at last. It was amazing anyway.
Recommendations:
The language of the book is simple and clear, there is no blasphemy inside it. the main theme that dominate the story was the relation between English people and Aboriginal Indians, there is no feeling of superlativity, because the story criticize the way Indians are treated inside their country during the colonization Era. Finally wish you a good reading !
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