2. Watch
Video
• Watch the scene at the mosque. Is this what happened in the novel?
• Is this the way you imagined Aziz and Mrs Mooore?
• What issues are brought up here?
• Watch the scene at the Bridge Party, find similarities and differences.
• What about the conversation between Ronny and Mrs Moore, was it like
that? What else can you add?
3. Chapter 7: Summary
• Mr. Fielding didn’t get to India until he was 40 years old and he doesn’t really fit
in with either the Indians or English. He is not racist enough for the English, and
the Indians are wary of him because he does not treat them as the other British
do.
• Aziz arrives for the tea party while Fielding is still getting dressed. Fielding has
lost his collar stud and Aziz lends him his. Aziz is happy and surprised at how
open and friendly Fielding is toward him, even inviting Aziz to make himself at
home. Fielding complains about having to wear collars at all, and Aziz comments
that as an Indian, when he wears British clothing like a collar, he is left alone by
the British police, whereas when he wears traditional Indian dress, he is
harassed.
• Mrs. Moore and Miss Adela Quested arrive, feeling bad because the carriage
that the Bhattacharyas were supposed to send for their morning get-together
did not arrive. Aziz, a Moslem Mohammedan, says that this happened because
the Bhattacharyas are Hindus, who are known to be slack and unsanitary. Aziz
then invites the ladies to his house sometime. They accept and Aziz panics when
he thinks about how dirty and awful his tiny bungalow is.
4. •Professor Godbole, Fielding’s assistant, and a Brahmann, arrives, and remains
almost completely silent all through lunch.
• Aziz asks Adela if she will settle down in India; she replies that she can’t,
which is a strange comment since she’s supposed to be marrying Ronny, who is
indefinitely stationed in India.
• Fielding takes Mrs. Moore on a tour of the school, and Adela stays behind with
Godbole and Aziz. They start to talk about the Marabar Caves and how hard
they are to describe, when Ronny bursts in, angry that his mother is not here
and that Adela is alone with two Indians. Mrs. Moore returns and Ronny hustles
the two women away with him. Aziz loudly offers to take the women on a tour of
the Marabar caves.
5. Activity
Based on the summary of Chapter 7, find
quotations in the text to account for
the six important events already
highlighted.
Don’t post any answers, just bring your
ideas to the class.
Editor's Notes
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