Mala
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Mala is a character in Jhumpa Lahiri’s short story "The Third and Final Continent," portrayed as the narrator’s arranged-marriage wife who gradually builds a tender, companionate relationship with him as they adapt to life in America.
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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literary character ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
"Interpreter of Maladies"
NERFINISHED
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"The Third and Final Continent" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedAward | Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (for "Interpreter of Maladies") NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Mrs. Croft NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorNationality | Indian American (via Jhumpa Lahiri) ⓘ |
| characterDevelopment | from formality to emotional closeness with husband ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | India ⓘ |
| creator | Jhumpa Lahiri NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culturalBackground | middle-class Bengali ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Bengali NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | Jhumpa Lahiri short stories ⓘ |
| firstPublicationContext | "Interpreter of Maladies" short story collection ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| language | Bengali ⓘ |
| literaryGenre | realist short fiction ⓘ |
| maritalStatus | married ⓘ |
| medium | prose ⓘ |
| movesTo | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
embodies adjustment to a new country
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illustrates evolution of love in arranged marriage ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | wife of the narrator ⓘ |
| nationalityAfterMigration | Indian immigrant in the United States ⓘ |
| occupation | homemaker ⓘ |
| publisherOfFirstAppearance | Houghton Mifflin (for "Interpreter of Maladies") NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relationshipWithNarrator |
companionate marriage partner
GENERATED
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gradually affectionate GENERATED ⓘ initially distant GENERATED ⓘ |
| residesIn | Boston NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingContext | postcolonial South Asian diaspora ⓘ |
| spouseOf | unnamed narrator of "The Third and Final Continent" ⓘ |
| spouseRelationshipType | arranged marriage ⓘ |
| themeAssociation |
arranged marriage
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cultural adaptation ⓘ diaspora experience ⓘ immigration ⓘ intimacy in marriage ⓘ |
| timePeriod | late 1960s ⓘ |
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