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“Oh, my dears, those are much too hard for me. Suppose we give you pretty English names. Wouldnt that be jolly? Let’s see, now—Pamela for you, I think.” She shrugged in a baffled way at my sister. “That’s as close as I can get. And for you” she said to me, “how about Cynthia? Isn’t that nice?” (Rau 1) this shows how the teacher didn't really notice, that changing their names was a big deal and was wrong. She didn't realize how it made them feel. In a way she took away part of their identitys.

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"We had our test today, and she made me and the other Indians sit at the back of the room, with a

desk between each one"

this quote shows how they teacher treats them differently just because their Indian and not British

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"Up to then, my mother had refused to send Premila to school in the British-run establishments of that time,

because, she used to say, “you can bury a dog’s tail for seven years and it still comes out curly, and you can take

a Britisher away from his home for a lifetime and he still remains insular.”

This quote shows that Premilias mom doesn't want the British schools to change Permili

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“I can’t remember too much about the proceedings in class that day, except for the beginning. The teacher pointed to me and asked me to stand up. “Now, dear, tell the class your name.”

I said nothing.” This shows her identity from within about how she was unable to remember her name because it’s

not her real identity.

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Oh, my dears, those are much too hard for me. Suppose we give you pretty English names. Wouldnt that be jolly? Let’s see, now—Pamela for you, I think.” She shrugged in a baffled way at my sister. “That’s as close as I can get. And for you” she said to me, “how about Cynthia? Isn’t that nice?”(Rau 1)
This shows that their Indian identity is gone and replaced with an English identity

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“I was very sleepy after lunch, because at home we always took a siesta.  It was usually a pleasant tone of day, with the bedroom darkened against the harsh afternoon sun, the drifting off into sleep with the sound of Mother’s voice reading a story in one’s mind, and, finally, the shrill, fussy voice of the ayah waking one for tea” (Rau 3). This quote shows identity from culture because it shows certain traditions or things they usually do. For example, siestas are common within cultures in other countries. The word ayah was also in the tex5 which is like a maid or nursemaid in India. This also shows something else about their family’s culture in the story.

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"How about Cynthia? Isn't that nice?" This quote shows identity thru a given name by a english teacher. At school her name and identity was Cynthia and at home her name and identity was Santha. At the end of the story she had forgot about her identity Cynthia because it was her school identity. She was smart enough to forget about herself when she was in school. and only consider herself Santha who she knew and she was comfortable being.

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“Of course, they were both wrong. I understood it perfectly, and I remember it all very clearly. But I put it happily away, because it had all happened to a girl called Cynthia, and I never was really particularly interested in her.” (Rau 5)
This quote shows that Santha felt like she had two identities. She says that she puts it in the past because it happen to a girl named Cynthia. This shows that she feels she has two identities, one for at school and one for at home and she puts it in the past because it happens at the British school.

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“At that age, if one’s name is changed, one develops a curious form of dual personality”
This quote shows that when Santha is given her new name “Cynthia”, she separated them into two different personalities. She would be Santha at home and “Cynthia” at school. This shows identity in a name because she is identifying as her true self Santha at home where she doesn’t feel out of place and she identifies as “Cynthia” at school because that’s the name she was given and is expected to go by that name. A part of her true identity is being held back because the headmistress wanted her to have a “prettier and easier” name.

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“The children were all opening packages and sitting down to eat sandwiches. Premila and I were the only ones who had Indian food—thin wheat chapatties6, some vegetable curry, and a bottle of buttermilk” (Rau 2). This shows that even in the English culture Santha and her sister Premila are still maintaining their Indian culture. Although, their lunches are different from others at their school they still enjoy them and it doesn’t bother them that they’re different.

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“But I put it happily away, because it had all happened to a girl called Cynthia, and I never was really particularly interested in her.” This shows identify from within because it is clear that she has separated the identity given by the teacher and her own and that she is unbothered by the identity of Cynthia that her teacher gave to her and she knows who she is within.

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“How about Cynthia? Isn’t that nice?” (Rau 1). This quote shows identity in name because Santha’s name is Indian, the teacher wants to change it because it is not an English name.

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“She said it was because Indians cheat.” Premila added. “So I don’t think we should go back to that school.”
Premila is finding her identity with her culture, and she stood up when her culture was offended. She identified herself with her culture.

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It happens to a girl named cinythia

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“We had our test today, and she made me and the other Indians sit at the back of the room, with a desk between each one.” Mother said, “Why was that, darling?” “She said it was because Indians cheat” ( Rau 5 ). This shows identity within a culture because the teacher is stereotyping that ALL Indians cheat, and that is directly said at the Indian culture and how they all cheat. Even though they all don’t.

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“Premila and I were the only ones who had Indian food— thin wheat chapatties, some vegetable curry, and a bottle of buttermilk.” This shows identity by culture because it is the food they eat is considered cultural and the English kids are different

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“At that age, if one’s name is changed, one develops a curious form of dual personality. I remember having a certain detached and disbelieving concern in the actions of “Cynthia,” but certainly no responsibility.” (Rau 1) this quote shows how much santha makes herself different from the two names at school and at home. She makes herself a completely different person at home than at school. She is different from her name and it makes her identity different from that name

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“The headmistress had been in India, I suppose, fifteen years or so, but she still smiled her helpless inability to cope with Indian names.” The headmistress has a cultural identity of being better than the Indian people. The culture puts her above them and she acts accordingly.

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"The cotton dress should have looked strange, but all I could think of was that I should ask my mother if I couldn’t wear a dress to school, too, instead of my Indian clothes" (Rau 2).
This quote shows identity from those around you because the Indian girl in her class didn't want to wear Indian clothes, instead she was choosing to adapt to those around her and dress like them in order to fit in. She is finding her identity by conforming to those around her instead of her own culture.