project to novel

1. Student name :
Shema Rashad Al-howaiti
By teacher :
MashiAisha

2. A Passage to India, published in 1924, was E. M. Forster's first novel
in fourteen years, and the last novel he wrote. Subtle and rich in
symbolism, the novel works on several levels. On the surface, it is
about India−which at the time was a colonial possession of
Britain−and about the relations between British and Indian people in
that country. It is also about the necessity of friendship, and about
the difficulty of establishing friendship across cultural boundaries.
On a more symbolic level, the novel also addresses questions of
faith (both religious faith and faith in social conventions). Forster's
narrative centers on Dr. Aziz, a young Indian physician whose
attempt to establish friendships with several British characters has
disastrous consequences. In the course of the novel, Dr. Aziz is
accused of attempting to rape a young Englishwoman.

3. A Passage to India Characters :
Dr. Aziz - an intelligent, emotional Indian doctor in Chandrapore who
attempts to make friends with the English expatriates Adela Quested,
Mrs. Moore, and Fielding. He attended Cambridge University. His wife is
dead, and his three children live with a relative.
Miss Adela Quested - A young girl who comes to India with Mrs. Moore,
to decide whether or not to marry Mrs. Moore's son Ronny Heaslop. An
intelligent, inquisitive, but somewhat insensitive girl, Adela begins with a
desire to see the real India
Mrs. Moore - Ronny Heaslop's mother, who remarried after Mr. Heaslop
died; an old woman who voyages to India with Adela Quested, to see the
country and hopefully see Adela married to her son. Befriends Dr. Aziz.

4. Cyril Fielding - The Principal of the Government College near
Chandrapore, an independent man who believes in educating other
people to be individuals. Befriends Dr. Aziz.
Ronny Heaslop - The Magistrate at Chandrapore, Mrs. Moore's son.
Prejudiced and intolerant of Indians, he adopts the standard tone of
Englishmen who live in India
Mr. Turton - The Collector, essentially the provisional governor of
Chandrapore. Officious and stern.
Mr. McBryde - The Superintendant of Police, who has an elaborate
theory explaining the inferiority of darkerskinned races to lighter-skinned
ones.

5. Major Callendar - The Civil Surgeon at Chandrapore, a sort of
chief medical officer. Dr. Aziz's superior. A boastful, cruel, ridiculous,
and intolerant man.
Ronny Heaslop - The Magistrate at Chandrapore, Mrs. Moore's son.
Prejudiced and intolerant of Indians, he adopts the standard tone of
Englishmen who live in India
Hamidullah - Dr. Aziz's friend and distant uncle
Mahmoud Ali - Dr. Aziz's friend, a lawyer who is deeply pessimistic
about the English
Professor Godbole - A Brahman Hindu who teaches at Fielding's
college

6. Dr. Panna Lal - A low-born Hindu doctor, Aziz's rival.
Stella Moore - Mrs. Moore's daughter, Ronny’s half-sister.
Ralph Moore - Mrs. Moore's young son, a sensitive young man.
The Nawab Bahadur - The leading Loyalist in Chandrapore,
awealthy and distinguished Indian who is faithful to the English.
Miss Derek - A young Englishwoman who works for a wealthy
Indian family but often takes advantage of her racial “superiority.”
Amritrao - a lawyer who is virulently anti-British.