• Aufgabe 1

    1 Minute

    Hinweis: Die Angaben in Klammern zeigen die Gewichtung der einzelnen Aufgaben.

    Answer the following questions using your own words as far as is appropriate. Quote correctly.

    1. Describe the situation Ashima finds herself in when she comes home. Examine and interpret her reactions. Refer to lines 1-16. (30%)
    2. Describe and analyse the different stages of Ashima’s first encounter with her future husband. What role do the young people’s families play in the meeting? (35%)
    3. Characterise Ashima and her future husband, taking into account the forms of characterisation used. (35%)

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    Lahiri_The Namesake.pdf
    Source: Excerpt from THE NAMESAKE by Jhumpa Lahiri. C 2003 by Jhumpa Lahiri. Reprinted by permission of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.