Satvika Madadi

Mrs. Gardner
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1 Dec 2014

Annotated Bibliographies of The Inheritance of Loss

"How Class (Still) Matters In Kiran Desai's The Inheritance Of Loss." HelloLenin.
Karlo Mongaya, 12 Feb. 2014. Web. 02 Dec. 2014.

This article allows the reader to fully understand how social class and race are dominant in
Desais book. It shows how these aspects of human life. Mongaya also comments on the fact
that the characters seem as if they are singing. Overall, this article focuses on the outline of the
book and emphasizes on how two aspects of life control the book.

This article allows the readers to develop a more clear insight on the core of the novel. Mongaya
organizes her facts in a way that seems extremely reliable because she backs up each and
every one of her statements with a quote from the novel. Each statement expresses the
frustration and struggle of being low in the social class in a way that almost seems melodious.

"The Inheritance of Loss." Goodreads. N.p.,n.d. Web. 02 Dec. 2014.

This article tugs at Desais idea of having to numerous choices to make and how that can
influence the direction of the book. These choices are what drive the story and allows the story
to move forward. Overall, the authors diction and writing style takes it to a whole new level.

The author of this article helps the readers develop a clearer image of specific parts of the
novel. After reading this article, one comes to realize that the choices the characters make are
what truly make the book so relatable.

"Kiran Desai and 'The Inheritance of Loss'" NPR. NPR, 3 Jan. 2006. Web. 02 Dec.
2014.

This article is wholly based on the summarization of Desais book as well as other smaller tidbits
such as the fact that Desais love of landscape inspired the book and that Sais love of books
also comes from Desai. Also Desais point of view on illegal immigration is reflected in this book
as Biju, the cooks son, is an illegal immigrant working in New York.

This article pinpoints certain facts that are important to the novel. For example, the books
constant reference to landscape comes from Desais love of landscape. Even the first page of
the novel is dedicated to landscape. These specific points are useful in this novel because it
helps us understand why Desai put specific scenes in the novel.

"The Guardian." Theguardian.com. Heidi Julavits, 2014. Web. 2 Dec. 2014.

This interview is about how the fascinating story of how she came up with the title of the novel
as well as some aspects of the novel. Using important aspects of her own life, she comes up
with a way to incorporate it into the book. For example, each generation in Desais family, a
daughter would inherit jewelry, and that is how she came up with the scene where they go to the
bank for the jewelry.

This interview holds reference to an important part of Indian culture: inheritance. Desai clarifies
that the reason the title was given its name is because of the inheritance of jewelry in her family.

"Agonies of the Immigrants in Kiran Desai's The Inheritance of Loss."

Http://connection.ebscohost.com. N.p., July 2014. Web. 02 Dec. 2014.

This article allows the reader to track feelings such as pain and humiliation throughout the
novel. Being incredibly straightforward, the author depicts humiliation in this novel to be plentiful.
At one point or the other, the characters in this novel experience these feelings in the extreme
and Desai executes the feelings of these characters perfectly.

The Inheritance of Loss is as popular as it is today because of the heartfelt stories. Though the
overall story might not be relatable, but the themes of pain and humiliation offer a kind of
sympathy to the characters in the novel because those specific feelings are incredibly relatable.

"Book Review: The Inheritance of Loss By Kiran Desai."

Http://literarychronicles.wordpress.com. Kiprop Kimutai, n.d. Web. 02 Dec. 2014.

This article breaks down the characters of this novel so that the readers are able to understand
the novel in a better way. With beautiful diction, Kimutai is able to describe the struggles and
break down the fears of these complex characters.

This article allows the readers to feel more compassion and empathy for the characters, as
these characters are broken down and analyzed so intensely. The article allows us to see the

characters in a way that they feel real. Overall, the article appeals to our senses and gives the
readers that push to sympathize with the characters.