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Jasmine

et characters that will not appear again until later in the novel. The novel then goes backward into time to explore Jasmine’s earlier years. These years were filled with poverty, violence, and even death. Although Jasmine does not have a very good life, she does not seem to mind perhaps because it is all that she knows. She does take an early interest in learning English. This may be evidence that she did desire a better or perhaps different life. Early on in Jasmine’s life, it is apparent that she is a fighter. The first incident occurred during the ladies’ daily ritual of going to the bathroom in the fields. When Jasmine hears a growl, she thinks to herself “let it come, I had the staff.” When the doglike creature jumps out at the women, they begin to scream and scamper about. It is Jasmine who stands up to the creature with her staff. This is just the first incident in which Jasmine proves to be a fighter.The next part of the novel is basically about Jasmine trying to find a husband as she is expected to do. She eventually finds a husband, Prakash, who intends to move to the United States. This is where Jasmine has to make a life altering decision. She did not wish to leave her home in India, but she loved her husband and wanted him to be happy. She decides that she will go with him, but they never make the trip together. Prakash was murdered before he got to realize his dream. Jasmine decides that she will go to the United States for him and burn his work uniform. The novel implies that Jasmine had planned on burning herself also, but this does not happen. Jasmine’s arrival in America is the beginning of her metamorphoses as an immigrantWhile in America, Jasmine is at times a struggling victim. When she first arrives, she is brutally raped by a man that she had no choice but to trust. She takes matters into her own hands and murders him. At this point, she may be a victim, but she is not willing ...

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