https://padlet.com/17bouchera/1iedgnkv3iq Alexa Boucher and Fabian Coronado en-us 2016-10-20 13:44:30 UTC 2025-09-27 05:25:03 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Hearts.png 17bouchera https://padlet.com/17bouchera/1iedgnkv3iq/wish/132069003 "It was a wife's worst nightmare. After nine years of marriage, Laxmi told Miranda, her cousin's husband has fallen in love with another woman." (Lahiri 83)]]> 2016-10-20 13:52:26 UTC https://padlet.com/17bouchera/1iedgnkv3iq/wish/132069003 17bouchera https://padlet.com/17bouchera/1iedgnkv3iq/wish/132071411 This foreshadows a main problem in this short story. The man could have had been having an affair with another woman, like Dev eventually has with Miranda.]]> 2016-10-20 13:57:06 UTC https://padlet.com/17bouchera/1iedgnkv3iq/wish/132071411 17bouchera https://padlet.com/17bouchera/1iedgnkv3iq/wish/132074342 "Hi she whispered, unsure of what else to say"
"You're sexy, he whispered back" (Lahiri 91)]]> 2016-10-20 14:03:31 UTC https://padlet.com/17bouchera/1iedgnkv3iq/wish/132074342 17bouchera https://padlet.com/17bouchera/1iedgnkv3iq/wish/132075387 Dev is saying flattering things to Miranda to butter her up, this is the title of the story. She takes the attention and lets it fool her. She is "sexy" and forgets about other important things a gentleman would say.]]> 2016-10-20 14:05:47 UTC https://padlet.com/17bouchera/1iedgnkv3iq/wish/132075387 17bouchera https://padlet.com/17bouchera/1iedgnkv3iq/wish/132076617 The moral of the story is faithfulness, truth, and heart break. It shows how no matter what someone will be hurt when it comes to an affair. Which clearly shows why affairs are wrong.]]> 2016-10-20 14:08:30 UTC https://padlet.com/17bouchera/1iedgnkv3iq/wish/132076617 17bouchera https://padlet.com/17bouchera/1iedgnkv3iq/wish/132077913 2016-10-20 14:11:37 UTC https://padlet.com/17bouchera/1iedgnkv3iq/wish/132077913 17bouchera https://padlet.com/17bouchera/1iedgnkv3iq/wish/132078497 2016-10-20 14:12:58 UTC https://padlet.com/17bouchera/1iedgnkv3iq/wish/132078497 17bouchera https://padlet.com/17bouchera/1iedgnkv3iq/wish/132315996 The black dress gives Miranda more confidence. Miranda knows what shes doing, as much as she loves him and wants it to be real, she implies that she is a mistress. ]]> 2016-10-21 12:20:31 UTC https://padlet.com/17bouchera/1iedgnkv3iq/wish/132315996