Richard Fielding in A Passage to India

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Richard Fielding in *A Passage to India* is the liberal, fair-minded British schoolmaster who befriends Dr. Aziz and serves as a moral and cultural bridge between the Indian and colonial English communities.

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instanceOf British person
colonial official
fictional character
schoolmaster
supporting character
appearsIn A Passage to India NERFINISHED
appearsInPart Caves
Mosque
Temple NERFINISHED
attitudeTowardEmpire critical of British imperialism
attitudeTowardIndians respectful
sympathetic
befriends Dr. Aziz NERFINISHED
conflictWith Anglo-Indian community in Chandrapore NERFINISHED
Major Callendar NERFINISHED
Ronny Heaslop NERFINISHED
createdBy E. M. Forster NERFINISHED
educationRole principal of Government College
employer Government College in Chandrapore NERFINISHED
familyConnection Mrs. Moore NERFINISHED
firstPublicationContext A Passage to India (1924 novel) NERFINISHED
gender male
literaryPeriod modernist literature
marries Stella Moore NERFINISHED
moralAttitude fair-minded
narrativeFunction foil to racist Anglo-Indians
voice of reason
nationality British
occupation schoolmaster
politicalAttitude liberal
relationshipTypeWithDrAziz friendship
relationshipWith Adela Quested NERFINISHED
Dr. Aziz NERFINISHED
Major Callendar NERFINISHED
Mrs. Moore NERFINISHED
Professor Godbole NERFINISHED
Ronny Heaslop NERFINISHED
Turton NERFINISHED
residence Chandrapore NERFINISHED
roleInWork bridge between British and Indians
cultural mediator
moral center
socialPosition outsider among Anglo-Indians
spouse Stella Moore NERFINISHED
supports Dr. Aziz during the Marabar Caves crisis
symbolizes liberal humanism
possibility of cross-cultural understanding

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