"It was then that he suggested visiting the hills at Udayagiri and Khandargiri, where a number of monastic dwellings were hewn out of the ground, facing one another across a defile. It was some miles away, but well worth seeing, Mr. Kapasi told them" (pg 160).
The plot in this structure is very bumpy in terms of suspense and whatnot, but overall seems driven by the internal conflict of Mr. Kapasi. His lust for Mrs. Das almost got Bobby seriously harmed.
How do you pronounce Das?
Anyways, there were three conflicts in this story.
- The most prominent in the story was Mr. Kapasi's struggles against lust and his job. I looked up what a "malady" was, and it is undesirable disorders. Now, this could be taken literally since he was a doctor's interpreter, but I will use the next point to further explore the implications of his job.
- Mrs. Das's indifference towards everything as a parent easily could have been the most prominent conflict in the story, but it was told too late. She had the undesirable disorder of indifference and used Mr. Kapasi's interpreter skills as a means to an escape. Her disclosure in Mr. Kapasi finally led to her to let lose of her fears and help her husband and son.
- The final conflict is that of the bloodthirsty monkeys versus the puffed rice and cameras. Those are symbols of the indifference of the parents by the way. Not to side track, but I feel like Mr. Das knew about Bobby's father since he was also given a means to provoke the monkey and was actually the one who pushed them over the edge.
P.S. I miss poetry.
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