EVERYTHING ARRANGED

& QUESTION OF DOWRY

Task 3
By : Sattiyan Nayar S/O Sagar
Thilageswari D/O Thirumalai
Nalini D/O Balan
LITERARY CRITICISM
CULTURAL CRITICISM CULTURAL CRITICISM

EVERYTHING ARRANGED QUESTION OF DOWRY

 Cultural Criticism
Modern Versus
Traditional Indian
Culture

EVERYTHINGs Love marriage Is

Forbidden
ARRANGED

Gender
Stereotyping
 EVERYTHING ARRANGED

Modern Versus Traditional Indian Culture

Rukumani studies at University which
makes herself to expose to new world with
different culture or way of life.
Rukumanis mother that she cannot control
her daughter when she grows up while
studying in university
Rukumanis mother is also very strict and
never gives freedom for her daughter to
talk to any guy.
 EVERYTHING ARRANGED
Gender Stereotyping
Rukumani is not given full freedom to
explore the outside world compared
to her younger brother.
Nadarajah is given a special care and
treatment at home especially when
Rukumani is in heavy trouble with
parents.
 EVERYTHING ARRANGED
Love marriage is forbidden
Huge humiliation to the family
Arrange marriage proves that their
children respect and obey the
parents
They react violently when get to
know that Rukumani passes love
letter to Johnny Chew.
Arrange marriages steal the rights of
women to voice out their opinion and
 Cultural Criticism
Form of payment or
things such jewellery,
car and land
properties to to the
brides family .

A QUESTION OF DOWRY

Dowry system was

originated in upper
caste families as a
wedding gift.
 QUESTION OF DOWRY

Thiruchelvams mother asks twenty-

thousand dollars as a dowry which really
puts Mr Ramachandran in surprise.
Mr Ramachandran tells his wife that
they could not able to fulfil the dowry
request and also the necklace.
Thiruchelvaam rejects the marriage
because the Sivasothies family fails to
settle the dowry as promised before.
 QUESTION OF DOWRY
Dowry makes things worst for poor families
like Mr Ramachadran family to arrange a
marriage for their daughter.
Some unfortunate parents have desire to
provide better life for their daughters, so
they are willing to pay a very high dowry.
This is looked as an advantage for
Thiruchelvams family to earn more in the
form of dowry although they do not need
it.
 Conclusion
Few similarities can be identified from both
stories in the aspect of cultural criticism.
Some parts of our culture need to be fixed.
We should provide better lifestyle rather for
younger generation rather than following
old traditions blindly.
We should voice out and act bravely if the
some norms of culture give us a bad
treatment, for example dowry system.
Than
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