Purdue University Two Men Arrive in a Village by Zadie Smith Discussion Paper

This assignment requires you to have some knowledge in the required texts and movie. You can read a summary for the texts to get an understanding of the information so you’re able to answer them. As for the movie you just need to know what it’s about to answer the question.

Both parts must meet the word count required.

These questions are related to globalization, so you need a basic understanding of the definition of globalization.

Part 1 (600 words total):

Select 2 quotes from the options below. You should only select one quote from each text. Your two choices can not come from the same text. For each selected quote, identify the text it comes from and analyze it, explaining its importance to understanding the text and the themes we’ve discussed in class related to globalization. Each response should be approximately 300 words.

The quotes may come from:

• “Two Men Arrive in a Village” by Zadie Smith
• “Indian Matchmaking” episodes 1 and 2
• Signs Preceding the End of the Worldby Yuri Herrera
• Roma by Alfonso Cuarón

1. “In India, we have to see the caste, we have to see the height, we have to see the age.”
2. “You are the door, not the one who walks through it.”
3. “Hey, I like being dead.”
4. “Sometimes on horseback, sometimes by foot, in a car or astride motorbikes, occasionally in a tank – having strayed from the main phalanx – and every now and then from above, in helicopters.”
5. “When I first meet them, they’re like, ‘Oh, where in India are you from?’”
6. “We are alone. No matter what they tell you, we women are always alone.”
7. “She couldn’t get lost. Every time she came to the Big Chilango she trod softly, because that was not the place she wanted to leave her mark, and she told herself repeatedly that she couldn’t get lost, and by get lost she meant not a detour or a sidetrack but lost for real, lost forever in the hills of hills cementing the horizon: or lost in the awe of all the living flesh that had built and paid for palaces.”
8. “My parents are doing pretty much all the thinking when it comes to marriage…”
9. “‘It is probably not his real name but he said his name was—’ But our chief’s wife stood up suddenly, left the room, and walked out into the yard.”

Part 2 (400 words):

Analyze this image below. What is happening in this scene in the film? What elements of the scene are relevant to the main themes in the film? Explain.

use this for the definition of globalization: https://world101.cfr.org/global-era-issues/globali…

since for part one you need to also relate the quotes to globalization

When I started on the assignment this is what I wrote:

Part 1

Quote: “My parents are doing pretty much all the thinking when it comes to marriage…”

This quote is from Indian Matchmaking. I believe it was Pradhyuman that said this, referring to how his parents were very concerned about his marriage. Although he was the only one to specifically say this, it can definitely be applied to all the other characters as well. In the beginning of the show, Seema Taparia explains how weddings in India are not just between the two individuals getting married but the two families.

Just so you have an idea for the layout, etc. you dont have to use that same quote i chose it was only an example