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SUMMARY
PART 1
Priya and Nanna had a

PART 2

conversation about the argument that is going in their house. Priya and Nanna went to the sugarcane juice stand. They had a talk about Nates girlfriend and Nanna asked whether Priya has any boyfriend. Nanna mentioned about Adarsh, the friends friends son of Nanna. He said they want to come to their house for the pellichupullu ceremony. Priya told Sowmya about Nick.

Priya and Anand had a conversation about Neelima . Then, they talked about arranged marriage and Priyas America man.
Priya went out to call Nick. Priya lied to Nick and said that she will tell her family about Nick. During dinner, Priyas family talked about Priyas and Sowmyas marriage. Anand and Lata had a disagreement about Neelimas pregnancy and how they treated Neelima. Finally they accepted Neelima in their family. Nate came to Ammammas house. Nate and Priya had a conversation about Nick. Priya confessed that she had lied to Nick.

Significance of the Setting

Place Setting
United States (prologue, page 1) > She did her master in Computer Sciences at Texas A&M. > Finding her job in Silicon Valley.
(TRAVELLING & ADAPTING TO WESTERN CULTURE FOR SEVEN YEARS)

San Francisco International Airport (prologue, page 1) > A bid farewell to Priya from Nick. > She is determined to tell her parents about her engagement with Nick.

Monda Market (part one, page 8) > The place where Priya and her mother, Ma bought 20 kilos of mangoes. > Describing the norm: - The seller was chewing betel leaves, which he spat out at regular intervals in the area between his stall and the one next to him.

> Priya remembered the incident when her family were on vacation in Kullu Manali in Himachal Pradesh. (SHOWS THE SOCIETY AND CULTURE IN INDIA)

Thathas house (part one, page 24) > Mainly 2/3 of the story happening in Thathas house. > The conflict occurs during the mango picklemaking ritual. Priya meets Adarsh in pelli- chupulu ceremony.
(DISCRIMINATION TOWARDS LOWER CLASS PEOPLE)

Neighbour's house (part five, page 191) Radha spent all her afternoons gossiping with Murthy Auntie even she hated her. (NOSY AND HYPOCRITE)

Temple (part two, page 87)

> Thatha had brought Priya to the temple the day before she left to United States. > Thatha had some puja performed to wish Priya the best in her long journey to a whole new world. >The temple where the protagonist, Priya Rao went with her aunt, Sowmya after seven years abroad.

(RELIGIOUS SOCIETY)

Time Setting
21st Century > In the past, status of women is lower than men, they cannot further their study and they cant voice out their opinion. > The conventional way in putting women lower than men. > Nowadays, the women are more liberate and open minded and allow to speak out their opinion.

HOW THE SETTING REFLECTS THE THEME

Times setting : Mango Season Theme : The hardship to gain happiness Priya describes her happiness as a mango. This is because it takes a lot of risk and effort to peel and cut the mango before she can get the mango stone which is symbolized as HAPPINESS.and the time where family members gather around.

Setting : Modern society in US Theme : Modern society is more open-minded than conservative society

For Priya, living with the one that you are not married with is not a big problem because it is the norm of US people to do that. However, it is not compatible in India as the society is very conservative about this matter.

Setting : Summer Theme : Adapting new surrounding, norm and culture.

As Priya has living in US for 7 years, she needs to adapt back her own culture and surrounding in India. She cannot stand to the weather as she had never been through summer (page8). This is because she has changed a lot since she lives in US.

The culture in India has stop Priya from wearing a pair of shorts but she has to wear salwar kameez even though the weather is hot.

Setting : In the Thathas house Theme : The discrimination towards people from a lower caste.

Rajni is a servant in Thathas house. She comes from a lower caste. She has discriminated by Thathas family as she cannot enter their kitchen.

Comparison in social significance

Hyderabad
Has a good value and

San Francisco
Having a western culture. There are no specific norm

manner. Follow the east traditional norm especially in relationship between male and female. The society forbids a male and female live together in their house especially there are not a marriage couple.

in relationship between male and female. In their culture, it is normal when a male and female live together in their house even though they not married. It is acceptable in their culture.

 In their culture, peoples

In their tradition love is

view is more important than girls feeling. In other words, when come to marriage love is not important rather than culture norm. Indian house normally tidy and good looking compare to the foreign house.

more important when come to the relationship. When we talk about a house, American people always have a bad smell in their house and have a messy looks.

HISTORY

Hyderabad. . .
The Hyderabad city has witnessed the rise and fall of many dynasties. It was during the rule of

the Qutub Shahis that the city flourished and many palaces and beautiful monuments and forts were built, which added to the beauty of the city. Hyderabad was previously known as Golconda. Mohammed Quli Qutub Shah of the Shahi Dynasty named it Hyderabad. Literally translated, Hyderabad means the "city of Haider"

San Francisco
The history of the city today known as San Francisco, California, has been greatly influenced

by its coastal location as a port city. San Francisco is the contemporary name of both the city and the county, which share the same boundaries. Among other factors, the presence of a bay well-suited to become a major port caused San Francisco to become a natural center for maritime trade andmilitary activity.

THE CURRENT GEOGRAPHICAL VIEW

Hyderabad map. .

Hyderabad current view shows the of the small town of Hyderabad.

The view of one of the jail building in Hyderabad

 Hyderabad is located in central Andhra

Pradesh and is spread over an area of 260 km2. The city is situated on the Deccan Plateau, Hyderabad has an average elevation of about 536 metres above (1,607 ft). Most of the area has a rocky terrain and some areas are hilly. Crops are commonly grown in the surrounding paddy fields.

 The original city of Hyderabad was founded

on the banks of river Musi. The heart of the city saw a shift to the north of the river, with the construction of many government buildings and landmarks there, especially south of the Hussain Sagar lake. The rapid growth of the city, along with the merging of Hyderabad, 12 municipal circles and the Cantonment has resulted in a large, united and populous area.

 The Musi River originates from Anantagiri

Hills (located 70 km south west of Hyderabad) and joins Krishna River near Wazirabad in Nalgonda district. There are two dams built on it - Osman Sagar and Himayat Sagar. Both these reservoirs constitute the major drinking water sources for Hyderabad city. These dams also prevented the city from flooding that encountered till the early decades of 20th century.

San Francisco

The current view of san Francisco

 San Francisco had a bay geographical stucture which the city was nearby the ocean.
Despite its urban and industrial character, San Francisco

Bay and the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta remain perhaps California's most important ecological habitats. The few remaining salt marshes now represent most of California's remaining salt marsh, supporting a number of endangered species and providing key ecosystem services such as filtering pollutants and sediments from the rivers. Most famously, the bay is a key link in the Pacific Flyway. Millions of waterfowl annually use the bay shallows as a refuge.

 Exposed bay muds provide important feeding

areas for shorebirds, but underlying layers of bay mud pose geological hazards for structures near many parts of the bay perimeter. San Francisco Bay provided the nation's first wildlife refuge, Oakland's artificial Lake Merritt (constructed in the 1860s) and America's first urban National Wildlife Refuge, the Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge (SFBNWR) (1972). The Bay is also invaded by non-native species.

WEATHER AND SEASON CHANGE

Hyderabad. .
Hyderabad has a unique combination of a tropical wet and

dry climate that borders on a hot semi-arid climate ), with hot summers from late February to early June, the monsoon season from late June to early October and a pleasant winter from late October to early February. The climate of Hyderabad remains fairly warm through most parts of the year and does not receive much rainfall in the monsoon. With the onset of winters in North and central parts of India, temperatures marginally come down in the months of December and January and the nights become quite cool in and around the Hyderabad city. During the summer months, the mercury goes as high as 42C while in winters the minimum temperature may come down to as low as 12C. June to November is the months of monsoons, accompanied by rains. During the Monsoons also the temperature goes down at times.

San Francisco. .
Because the hills, mountains, and large

bodies of water produce such vast geographic diversity within this region, the San Francisco Bay Area offers a significant variety of microclimates. In the San Francisco, there are season change which is Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter. Their climate is quiet far different from Hyderabad where it has a cold weather especially ion the winter.

 The areas near the Pacific Ocean are generally characterized by relatively small temperature variations during the year, with cool foggy summers and mild rainy winters. Inland areas,

especially those separated from the ocean by hills or mountains, have hotter summers and colder overnight temperatures during the winter. San Jose at the south end of the Bay averages fewer than 15 inches (380 mm) of rain annually, while Napa at the north end of the Bay averages over 30 and parts of the Santa Cruz Mountains just a few miles west of San Jose get over 55

San Francisco International Airport, U.S.A

Texas A&M University, U.S.A

Golden Gate Bridge, San Francissco, U.S.A

San Francisco Cable Car System Monda Market, Hyderabad, India

Temple in Hyderabad, India. Bazaar in Manali, India

Answers for Question 4

Nanna and Priya have a father and daughter relationship. Their relationship does not follow the traditional father & daughter relationship. This is because Nanna is an open-minded father. Priya could talk and express her thoughts and feelings with Nanna. For example, when she felt like the family is patronizing America and American as a bad influence. She could share her unsatisfactory on the topic with Nanna. Another example that shows Nanna is an openminded kind of father which differs to the traditional father is when he talks about Nates girlfriend with Nate. This is contrary with the traditional relationship of a father and daughter. In a traditional relationship, a daughter must follow her fathers orders without questioning it. Sowmya, for example, has a traditional relationship with her father, Thatha. She follow his orders to have an arranged marriage and not working. The similarities of both types of relationship is that in both relationships, the daughters would respect their father even though they have different ideologies and ideas.

Differences between Priya and Nannas relationship and Traditional father and Daughter Relationship

Priya and Nannas Relationship

Traditional father and daughter relationship

Nanna is an open-minded A daughter must follow father. Priya could share everything with her father. her fathers orders without questioning them. Nanna can talk about Nates girlfriend with Priya.

Similarities between Priya and Nannas relationship and Traditional father and daughter relationship