Interpreter of Maladies by Meredith Sierpina https://padlet.com/20mgs/oxwj1qatv24v en-us 2019-05-01 14:02:26 UTC 2025-09-24 05:05:41 UTC hello@padlet.com https://imgglb.padletcdn.com/v13/image?t=g_auto&url=https%3A%2F%2Fpadlet.net%2Ficons%2Fpng%2F2708.png "At the tea stall Mr. and Mrs. Das bickered about who should take Tina to the toilet." 20mgs https://padlet.com/20mgs/oxwj1qatv24v/wish/355793339 This opening line sets up the parents to be immature and careless. ]]> 2019-05-01 14:05:34 UTC https://padlet.com/20mgs/oxwj1qatv24v/wish/355793339 Mr. Das 20mgs https://padlet.com/20mgs/oxwj1qatv24v/wish/355796315 He is oblivious to the shenanigans of his children and his wife. He is more concerned with his camera and the tourism book he has. He is trying to use his camera to preserve the memories and rebuild the family. ]]> 2019-05-01 14:11:38 UTC https://padlet.com/20mgs/oxwj1qatv24v/wish/355796315 Mrs. Das 20mgs https://padlet.com/20mgs/oxwj1qatv24v/wish/355796403 Mrs. Das is impatient and judgemental. She is cold towards her children and her husband; however, when she opens up to Mr. Kapasi she unloads all of her problems. ]]> 2019-05-01 14:11:50 UTC https://padlet.com/20mgs/oxwj1qatv24v/wish/355796403 Their Relationship 20mgs https://padlet.com/20mgs/oxwj1qatv24v/wish/355799175 Mr. and Mrs. Das are polar opposites. In there marriage they do not talk to each other and have conflicting personalities. There relation is so bad that Mrs. Das cheated on her husband. ]]> 2019-05-01 14:17:52 UTC https://padlet.com/20mgs/oxwj1qatv24v/wish/355799175 Mr. Kapasi 20mgs https://padlet.com/20mgs/oxwj1qatv24v/wish/355800395 The only person that Mrs. Das talks to. Starts to talk an extreme liking to Mrs. Das even though she is mean to everyone. Mr. Kapasi thinks that the Das family is the obnoxious stereotypical American family. He sees them as rude and disrespectful. ]]> 2019-05-01 14:20:43 UTC https://padlet.com/20mgs/oxwj1qatv24v/wish/355800395 Monkeys!!! 20mgs https://padlet.com/20mgs/oxwj1qatv24v/wish/355804482 The parents are so oblivious and their children are never disciplined so they are playing around the monkeys and then one of the children is attacked and Mr. Kapasi has to save him. ]]> 2019-05-01 14:29:05 UTC https://padlet.com/20mgs/oxwj1qatv24v/wish/355804482 Mrs. Das and Mr. Kapasi talking together 20mgs https://padlet.com/20mgs/oxwj1qatv24v/wish/355807888 The connection they have develops very quickly and just as Mrs. Das is opening up and speaks about Bobby he blocks her out and she goes back to her family. ]]> 2019-05-01 14:35:53 UTC https://padlet.com/20mgs/oxwj1qatv24v/wish/355807888 Visor 20mgs https://padlet.com/20mgs/oxwj1qatv24v/wish/355808034 is a symbol of transparency. It shows Mrs. Das's willingness to open up to Mr. Kapasi. ALthough she opens up to Mr. Kapasi, she is cold and rude to her own family. ]]> 2019-05-01 14:36:12 UTC https://padlet.com/20mgs/oxwj1qatv24v/wish/355808034 "Mr. Kapasi observed it too, knowing that this was the picture of the Das family he would preserve forever in his mind." 20mgs https://padlet.com/20mgs/oxwj1qatv24v/wish/355811453 This is the closing line.]]> 2019-05-01 14:43:16 UTC https://padlet.com/20mgs/oxwj1qatv24v/wish/355811453 How does Mr. Kapasi view of the family change throughout the story? 20mgs https://padlet.com/20mgs/oxwj1qatv24v/wish/355816248 2019-05-01 14:51:41 UTC https://padlet.com/20mgs/oxwj1qatv24v/wish/355816248 How do American stereotypes play into the story? 20mgs https://padlet.com/20mgs/oxwj1qatv24v/wish/355816962 2019-05-01 14:52:49 UTC https://padlet.com/20mgs/oxwj1qatv24v/wish/355816962