Linda's+Oral+Presentation

  Thesis Statement       In __Heat and Dust,__ Ruth Jhabvala uses the contrast between the lives of two parallel characters, Anne and Olivia, to show how strong India's influence to them was, as this influence lured the two to distance from their original culture and people, and eventually lead them to stay in India for good. __ INTRO __ :  In Ruth Jhabvala's __Heat and Dust__, Olivia in 1920s and the narrator, Anne in 1970s started their life in India differently but as the time spent in India passed, their lives gradually became similar, as India's strong influence drew them closer to India, eventually keeping them in India, living up in the mountains, and caused their breaking apart from the European society. 

** 1.Beth and Olivia's visit to the Begum & Anne's visit to Inder Lal's family. **       >    -Invited by Beth Crawford to visit the Begum."She (Beth Crawford) had come to invite Olivia to accompany her to Khatm, to pay a call on the Nawab's mother." ---    "she would also have preffered to recline on the floor but probably it would not have been etiquette"(pg25). Olivia is always warning herself the things that she should not do, reminding herself of the etiquettes, feeling aware and tries to not to do anything wrong, instead of trying to do something right. --- Beth's role of dominator was in great contrast to Olivia. Olivia was passive, and even unecessary apart from the role of an audience. --- "Olivia, the newcomer, could not participate", ---she kept her attention "on the door, wondering if the Nawab was going to come in and join them." --  She had to focus her attention on Nawab as she could not possibly fit in with the ladies as not fitting in doesn't make her feel comfortable.
 *  Beth & Olivia:
 * →**  Olivia:

**→**     Beth   : ---  "sat bolt upright on her chair, her stockinged knees pressed together and her hands in white gloves folded on the handbag in her lap."(pg25)   She has a strong sense for herself. Though Olivia is not doing so well getting comfortable during the visit, being left out,  Beth   gets along with the Begum and the ladies. <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> Beth was mentioned in the book as "the dominant figure in the room on whom the success of the visit depended"(pg25). However Beth never had more interactions with the Begum, Beth knew the line where she couldn't cross and go any further.

Olivia holds back her European features but has started to tilt to the Nawab's side. The contrasts between Beth and Olivia can be seen as a function to foreshadow Olivia eventually departs from the European society in which Beth Crawford is one typical figure. <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">"I dropped in on the two ladies..." "certainly very untidy." "I realised that now I had to submit to all the social rules they thought fit to apply to my case." --it's about submitting to rules, not etiquette. She's not avoiding to make mistakes, but in an active way dealing with things. "I tried out my Hindi (with scant success - I must work harder at it!) "
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Anne:<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">
 * note.. though it's bad and hard she still remain confident and tries to do it well andis active and optimistic about it.

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">   <span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">** 2. MORE STRONG CONTRASTS ** <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> **<span style="color: rgb(227, 108, 10); font-family: Verdana;">-Anne-As a visitor, questioned by the mother, but still is in the bright situation as Ruth in contrast is ignored. **
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> **<span style="color: rgb(227, 108, 10); font-family: Verdana;">-Ritu-totally ignored by her mother in law and treated as a slave, flees the room “happily” **
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> **<span style="color: rgb(227, 108, 10); font-family: Verdana;">-Distance between the mother and Ritu---Anne's attempt to be friendly to Inder Lal's mother reflects Anne's active character. **

|| <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> ANNE || || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> Alone, dropped in to visit two Indians. || || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> In the visit contrast w/ Ritu. Is active. || || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> Was the dominator starting the relationship with Inder Lal. || || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> Became friends with Inder Lal’s mom. || || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> Lives with an Indian family. || || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> Keeps the baby || || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> Wanted to go higher up. Exploration. || || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> Stays alone, goes up to the ashram to live, no acknowledgements of how long. || || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> Active. || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> 3.Destination. <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> Both in the mountains and stayed.
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> OLIVIA
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> Invited by an Euro to visit an Indian
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> In the visit contrast w/ Beth Crawford. Is passive.
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> Love relationship with the Nawab, drawn to him.
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> Almost no relationship with the Begum
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> Lives in town
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> Abortion
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> Lived the life similar to the one she lived in Satipur.
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> Stays in Indian in the house nawab bought her, w/ the nawab, and never went back again.
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> Weak. Passive.

OLIVIA: ANNE: Lived the life similar to the one she lived in Satipur. || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Wanted to go higher up. (exploration) ||
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Abortion || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Kept the baby ||
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Stayed in the house Nawab bought for her, w/ the Nawab, and never left again. || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Most possibly went up to the ashram, lived alone ||
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">The two character began with very different lives, different in almost every aspect, and their initial life in India was by far defferent as well.

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> 4.Conclusion Attempts made or not to maintain the European, character active or passive interacting with India, the two parallel women were drawn to India. Despite their early lives, eventually they departed from the European side in their lives and stayed in the mountains in India.

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 * Dr saunders:" It's good to admire India... with a strong European feeling..."
 * The European feeling was taken away from Olivia, as India's influence was so strong.