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Carapace Romesh Gunesekera

Bárbara Santos nº3 e Filipa Teixeira nº9 Dr.ª Cândida Grijó Língua Estrangeira I - Inglês 11º ano

Escola Secundária/3 de Oliveira do Douro

Romesh Gunesekera  1954

– was born in Colombo, Sri Lanka

 1971

– moved to England

 Living

in London

 Travels

widely

Romesh Gunesekera  Carapace,

in Monkfish Moon, relished in

1992  Awarded  Latest

with several prizes

book published dates from 2006

Romesh Gunesekera

Background  1948

– Independence of Sri Lanka

 Ethnical

and Political tensions

 Convenience

relationships between Australia and Sri Lanka

Discussion Points  Convenience  Drop

marriages

the built and leave it all behind

 Wrong

Choices

 Hidden

Relationships

Characters  “She”  Vijay  Anura

Perera

 Amma  Auntie

Manel  Lakshmi

Plot Throughout this short story a Sri Lankan girl will have to choose between two completely different men and therefore between two different destinies. On one side there’s Vijay, a poor boy that works in a restaurant by the sea and who has no ambitions in life but loves her. On the other side there’s a rich man called Anura Perera, who can take her to another country and make her be better off, fulfilling her mother’s dreams. She hates having to take sides, especially when there’s the prospect of losing whatever decision she might make. The whole story is about relationships where money and love assume the same importance.

New Vocabulary  Prawns  Saree  Roti  Patties  Bougainvillaea  Jade

Language & Style  Specific

cultural concepts

 Specific

way to present the speech

 There’s

no reference to the name of the main character

Questions  What

do you think is the relationship of the title with the content of the story?

 What

do you think about the hidden relationships?

 Do

you allow to be your parents to choose the person with whom you should marry?

Webgraphy

 http://www.contemporarywriters.com/authors/?p=  http://tracearchive.ntu.ac.uk/writers/gunesekera/

 http://www.funchal500anos.com/04_detalhe.asp?

 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romesh_Gunesekera