s story
forces the reader to examine the difficulty of communication between adults. The characters in
the story must fight isolation, guilt, separation, and misunderstanding.
Mr.
Kapasi, the travel guide and interpreter of maladies, finds no comfort in his marriage. Mr. and
Mrs. Das fail to interact and show no connection to each other or their children. This failure
to communicate extends into the relationships within the story with hurtful
consequences.
Mr. Kapasis life has been impacted by the death of his young
son which is the turning point in his life and marriage. Not only does he suffer from the loss
of his son, but now his wife resents him because his job working with the doctor reminds her of
the death of her son.
His wife separates herself from Mr. Kapasis job and
makes him feel like a failure because he has to work in this position. She does not talk to him
or even listen. Her separation from him has left him...
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