Sanjeev
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Sanjeev is a central character in Jhumpa Lahiri’s short story “This Blessed House,” portrayed as a practical, traditional Indian-American husband struggling to reconcile his values with his free-spirited wife’s quirks.
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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short story character ⓘ |
| appearsInCollection | Interpreter of Maladies NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsInGenre | literary fiction ⓘ |
| appearsInWork | This Blessed House NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedTheme |
cultural assimilation
ⓘ
immigrant identity ⓘ individualism vs tradition ⓘ marriage and compatibility ⓘ religion and secularism ⓘ |
| characterDevelopment | gradual movement toward reluctant acceptance of Twinkle ⓘ |
| characterRole |
central character
ⓘ
protagonist ⓘ |
| conflictType |
cultural conflict
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internal conflict ⓘ marital conflict ⓘ |
| createdBy | Jhumpa Lahiri NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dislikes | displaying Christian paraphernalia ⓘ |
| dynamicWith | Twinkle’s free-spirited personality ⓘ |
| feels |
anxiety about social judgment
ⓘ
embarrassment about the Christian objects ⓘ |
| firstPublicationOfWork | 1999 ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasCulturalBackground | Indian ⓘ |
| hasEthnicity | Indian-American ⓘ |
| hasNationality | American NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSpouse | Twinkle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | contemporary literature ⓘ |
| maritalStatus | newly married ⓘ |
| medium | short story ⓘ |
| occupation | engineer ⓘ |
| personalityTrait |
conventional
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practical ⓘ reserved ⓘ traditional ⓘ |
| reactsTo | Christian devotional objects found in his house ⓘ |
| religiousBackground | Hindu ⓘ |
| residence | Connecticut NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingOfWork | suburban United States ⓘ |
| strugglesWith |
acceptance of his wife’s free-spirited nature
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reconciling his values with his wife’s behavior ⓘ |
| values |
order
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respectability ⓘ social conformity ⓘ traditional norms ⓘ |
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