Term Paper Part 1

The first story was about an arranged marriage in an Indian culture. The girl to be married was the primary character and narrator. There was also a mom, a dad, and a gay friend. The storyteller gave voices and personalities for each and also used the technique of looking in certain areas for some characters. At first the girl did not want to get married but by the end she changed her attitude. Essentially she rewrote the story about arranged marriages. The traditional view of the arranged marriage is already in the audience’s head, as is the modernist view that resists arranged marriage. In the beginning of the story the narrator voices the modernist view in a humorous way. At the end she justifies the traditional view poignantly by framing arranged marriage as trusting the parents to give the gift of a life decision to their daughter.