Post 4

The story on the Interpreter of Maladies showed an unhappily married woman and the secret life she lived. While the taxi driver was also an interpreter at a local clinic his dream was to become an interpreter for diplomats and high ranking government officials. “In its own way this correspondence would fulfill his dream, of serving as an interpreter between nations.” This quote shows that even though his dreams of interpreting for government officials was never realized the notes he was going to write was going to serve as his release. Letting her know about India and learning about America would allow him to better understand our way of life.

When these two meet they began a short friendship that cumulates with the married woman expressing how she cheated on her husband and one of the children isn’t his. Looking for some advice the woman opens up to the taxi driver, but receives little in return. The taxi driver is at a loss of words and only tells her that honesty is the best policy. The title of the paper relates to what the woman wants. She needs someone to tell her that everything is going to be okay and here is how to fix it. While the taxi driver cannot help the woman he remembers them best by how they came together over the injury of one of the children. The Interpreter may be looked at how an outsider would view the U.S. and its moral issues. The relationship that the husband and wife have could be seen as how the U.S. is decaying morally in the eyes of strangers.