Rohinton Mistry Denis Kristen Kiri Alexandra MATT Plot Summary Nariman returns back to India He tells the story of Sarosh a struggling immigrant that feels alienated in a whitedominant environment and is overwhelmed with new social values ID: 410152
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Squatter – Rohinton Mistry
Denis, Kristen,
Kiri
, Alexandra, MATTSlide2
Plot SummaryNariman
returns back to India
He
tells the story of
Sarosh
, a struggling immigrant that feels alienated in a white-dominant environment and is overwhelmed with new social values.
Sarosh
encounters problems and struggles to adapt to the new nation and find his identity as a full, true,
Canadian.
Sarosh
managed to adopt most of Western culture but he could not go to the bathroom without ‘squatting’. “
Sarosh
did not give up trying Slide3
Cont…When rejected immigrants fail to adapt to western cultures they search desperately to find their former identity in their homeland.
T
his
attempt backfires because the individual is so influenced by western culture that he is caught
in
displacement
from both cultures. Slide4
NarrationNarrated by Nariman
, who tells the story of
SaroshSlide5
CharactersSarosh- goes to Canada and has trouble adapting to culture and lifestyle.
-Heads back to India after not being able to become “westernized”
Nariman
- tells the stories to the childrenSlide6
SettingToronto, CanadaMumbai, India (Apartment Complex)Slide7
Topic and ThemeImmigrationWesternization
IdentitySlide8
SymbolThe toiletMercedes-Benz (Western car)
SquatSlide9
School/TraditionPostcolonialSlide10
Style/ToneHumor