Jasmine by Bharati Mukherjee

Kelsey Johnson Dr. Michele levy ENGL 336 April 14, 2013 Weekly Informal reaction 1a. Kureishis articulation of his identity crisis is both an index of the pain of tonicity devoid of secure roots, and in any case something we might use as a pivotal moment when thinking about the creative necessities of migrancy and diaspora life hi flooring center(a) different republics, of, and not of each place, touch neither here nor there, ineffective to indulge in sentiments of belonging to either location, defined by others in often unflattering ways. (Beginning Postcolinalism, p. 47) 1b. The above quote from our theory text describes the feeling of not belonging somewhere due to an identity crisis. This crisis was described as coming from the fact that one was not from a certain region, or may not belong to the group of that particular region. For example, I may be seen as odd or not belonging in a region full of white Irishmen and they would make it known I dont belong in these said un flattering ways. 1c. In the legend Jasmine, she is continuously moving and suffering because of this identity crisis tied to her unceasing migration.For example, when Jyotis first husband is killed she does not do the traditional yearning of her own body with her husband alone she moves to Florida. During her travels and attempts to obtain citizenship in America, Jyoti endures the wretched conditions that come with illegal immigration For example, secrecy, hunger, rape, and even murder. All of this because she isnt of this nation? The text says, I wanted to become the soul they thought they precept humorous, intelligent, refined, affectionate. Not illegal, not murderer, not widowed, raped, destitute, fearful.In Flushing, I had lived defensively in the thick of documented rectitude. I did not want to live legally if it as well as meant living like a refugee. (Jasmine, p. 171) 2a. In this section, we shall consider the extent to which westerly feminist discourses atomic nu mber 18 able to address the double up colonization of women living in once-colonised societies and in Western locationsJohn Thieme has explained that Western feminist writers and theorists hold in frequently seen parallels amongst their struggles and those of post-colonial women and have particularly identified with women who suffer double colonization (BP, p. 06) 2b. The above quote describes the relationship between first human beings and third world women. Of course, third world countries are those that exist to a lower place the poverty line and struggle to survive. Theime says that feminist writers often see similarities between the lives of their subjects as well as their own. 2c. I believe the entire novel Jasmine is a prime example of the relationship described above how feminist writers connect with their subjects and audiences due to double colonization.In our novel, Mukherjee writes about the life story of Jyoti and notices similarities in their lives, not because th ey have the same exact life story, but because of their struggles as women in society. For instance, Jyoti took control of her own life and created her own requirement (despite starting over several times) also because she is a woman and isnt expected to have much control over her own life. This is also shown in other novels weve read. 3a. These in-between spaces provide the terrain of elaborating strategies of selfhood singular or communal that initiate new signs of identity Bhabha also opposes the idea of a sovereign or essentialised subject. For Bhabha and Spivak identity is a discursive product. Second, because subjectivity is discursively produced, it is executable for it to be remade and remodeled in new and innovative ways hence his care to the processes of articulation and elaboration in the quotation. The border is a place of chance and agency for new concepts, new narratives, new ideas.Third, the new signs of identity which are possible impact upon both individuals and groups. (BP, p. 252) 3b&c. The above quote speaks about the cut through of physical borders and how they coincide with the crossing of imaginary borders within oneself. For instance, when a person moves from one geographical location to another, they seem to move from one look-alike to another. This was DEFINITELY seen throughout the novel Jasmine. As the narrator moved, she changed identities and personalities.