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The passage summarizes E.M. Forster's novel "A Passage to India". It introduces some of the main characters - Dr. Aziz, Adela Quested, Mrs. Moore, and Cyril Fielding. It describes the plot which involves Dr. Aziz being accused of assaulting Adela in the Marabar Caves, leading to a trial. Ultimately, Aziz is cleared but remains cynical of the British. The novel explores the tensions between British colonizers and Indian locals in the early 20th century.

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Assignment On A Passage To India

The passage summarizes E.M. Forster's novel "A Passage to India". It introduces some of the main characters - Dr. Aziz, Adela Quested, Mrs. Moore, and Cyril Fielding. It describes the plot which involves Dr. Aziz being accused of assaulting Adela in the Marabar Caves, leading to a trial. Ultimately, Aziz is cleared but remains cynical of the British. The novel explores the tensions between British colonizers and Indian locals in the early 20th century.

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A passage to India is a novel written by E.M Forster in British-ruled colonial India in 1912-24.

Forster’s novel is set in the city of Chandrapor, India. Slightly inland, however, there is a
settlement of British expatriates. These buildings are elevated above Chandrapore, and lie next to
the railway station. There is a hospital, houses, and a civil station there.
Dr. Aziz, a young Muslim Indian, rides his bike and arrives late to his friend Hamidullah’s
house. Hamidullah, Mahmoud Ali discuss whether or not it’s possible for an Indian to be friends
with an Englishman. Mahmoud Ali argues that it is impossible. Hamidullah, says that it is
possible, but only in England. All the circumstances mentioned above mark the exposition of
the Plot.
Forster introduces Adela Quested and the elderly Mrs. Moore as they arrive from England,
desiring to see real India. That night Mrs. Moore and Aziz meet in a local mosque and feel an
instant connection. Mr. Turton, the English collector, hosts a party at the club and invites some
Indians to meet Mrs. Moore and Adela. Cyril Fielding, the principal of the government college.
Adela requests that Aziz be invited as well, marks the rising action of the plot.
The climax of the plot is marked when Mr. Aziz is accused of assaulting Adela and he faces a
trial in court. The trial begins, and McBryde opens the case for the prosecution. He doesn’t
bother being eloquent, as he assumes that it is obvious that Aziz is guilty.
McBride questions Adela, and she retreads all her steps of that day, feeling like she is back at the
Marabar Caves. She had earlier remembered the excursion as “dull,” but in her memory
everything seems more beautiful now. McBryde leads her along up to the moment of the
incident, but when he asks if Aziz followed her into the cave, Adela falls silent, and then asks for
a minute to answer the question, marking the conflict.
The Chapter thirty-seven marks the resolution of the plot when Dr. Aziz and Mr. Fielding
reconcile. Aziz declares that India will drive out every last Englishman, even if it must happen in
his children’s generation. And only then, he says, can the two men truly be friends. Aziz and
Fielding embrace. Fielding asks why they can’t be friends now, as both of them want it. But then
their horses swerved apart, and the earth, rocks, temples, and sky seem to separate them,
declaring, “No, not yet.”
The major character of the novel is Dr. Aziz. He befriends Fielding, Mrs. Moore, Adela, and
Fielding. Later he is accused of assaulting Adela, but is ultimately cleared. After the incident
Aziz becomes cynic of British which makes him a round character. Even when he reconciles
with Fielding, he recognizes that there can be no true friendship between them until the British
doesn’t leave India.
Adela Quested, in the beginning of the plot, is anxious to see the real India but the incident she
comes across in Maraber Caves, changes her longing for India and finally she leaves back to
England, proves the roundness of her character.
As for as Fielding is concerned, he’s a flat character as he remains gentle and kind towards
Indians which is evident by the fact that he helped Dr. Aziz during his trial.
Mrs. Moore travels to India with Adela and is intrigued by the country. Mrs. Moore meets and
befriends Aziz. She too remains positive for other Indians as she remains for Aziz, revealing the
flatness of her character.
Ronny’s perpetual hatred towards Indians throughout the novel depicts the flatness of his
character.
The point of view of the novel is third person omniscient as the writer is outside the text. E.g.
“But they were friends, brothers. That part was settled, their compact had been subscribed by the
photograph, they trusted one another, affection had triumphed for once in a way”.

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