Mrs. Sen's

E309718
short story

"Mrs. Sen's" is a short story by Jhumpa Lahiri that explores themes of immigration, isolation, and cultural displacement through the relationship between an Indian woman and the young American boy she babysits.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Mrs. Sen 1
Mrs. Sen and Eliot 1
Mrs. Sen is a babysitter for Eliot 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf short story ⓘ
author Jhumpa Lahiri ⓘ
awardContext Interpreter of Maladies ⓘ
surface form: included in Pulitzer Prize–winning collection Interpreter of Maladies
centralRelationship Mrs. Sen's self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Mrs. Sen and Eliot
characterRole Mrs. Sen's self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Mrs. Sen is a babysitter for Eliot
characterTrait Mrs. Sen's self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Mrs. Sen is homesick for India

Mrs. Sen's self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Mrs. Sen struggles with learning to drive
collectionPublisher Houghton Mifflin ⓘ
collectionType part of a linked short story collection ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
criticalReception frequently discussed in scholarship on immigration and diaspora ⓘ
widely anthologized ⓘ
exploresIssue child's view of adult emotional life ⓘ
difficulty of adapting to a new culture ⓘ
gender roles in immigrant families ⓘ
firstPublicationYear 1999 ⓘ
hasAdaptation radio or audio readings ⓘ
includedInSyllabi contemporary American literature courses ⓘ
postcolonial literature courses ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryGenre fiction ⓘ
short fiction ⓘ
literaryMovement South Asian diaspora literature ⓘ
contemporary American literature ⓘ
mainCharacter Eliot ⓘ
Mrs. Sen's self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Mrs. Sen
motif driving ⓘ
food ⓘ
letters from India ⓘ
narrativeFocus Eliot's perspective ⓘ
narrativePerspective third-person limited ⓘ
partOf Interpreter of Maladies ⓘ
protagonistOrigin India ⓘ
protagonistStatus immigrant ⓘ
publisherOfCollectionLocation Boston ⓘ
setting United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
settingDetail college town in the United States ⓘ
symbol Mrs. Sen's knife ⓘ
Mrs. Sen's sari ⓘ
fish ⓘ
theme assimilation ⓘ
cross-cultural relationships ⓘ
cultural displacement ⓘ
identity ⓘ
immigration ⓘ
isolation ⓘ
loneliness ⓘ
timePeriodOfSetting late 20th century ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Interpreter of Maladies → containsStory → Mrs. Sen's ⓘ
Mrs. Sen's → mainCharacter → Mrs. Sen's self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mrs. Sen
Mrs. Sen's → centralRelationship → Mrs. Sen's self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mrs. Sen and Eliot
Mrs. Sen's → characterRole → Mrs. Sen's self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mrs. Sen is a babysitter for Eliot
Mrs. Sen's → characterTrait → Mrs. Sen's self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mrs. Sen struggles with learning to drive
Mrs. Sen's → characterTrait → Mrs. Sen's self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mrs. Sen is homesick for India