Interpreter of Maladies: Jhumpa Lahiri

Language:
The description of important sights of India were easily understood as well as simply related to.

Argument:
-Exposition- The Das Family meeting Mr. Kapasi and the trip beginning, including the stop at the gas station.
-Rising Action-Mrs. Das finding Mr. Kapasi's job as a medical interpreter interesting as well as getting his address so that she could send the picture to him.
-Climax- Mrs. Das making her confession to Mr. Kapasi about an affair eight years prior.
-Denouement-Bobby being attacked by the monkeys and the family as well as Mr. Kapasi coming to his aid.
-Concluding Action-The number floating away from Mrs. Das's bag and Mr. Kapasi coming to the realization that the seemingly happy family at the end of the story is what he wants to remember.

Structure:
Written in third person perspective with insight into Mr. Kapasi's thoughts alone.

You:
Though I feel for all the characters in this story in many ways they have their personal flaws that make it less likely to get my sympathy. Mr. Kapasi shows blatantly adulterous thoughts about Mrs. Das. Mrs. Das shows obvious dislike for her husband as well as for her children even when their current situation is her fault and hers alone.