A Passage to India

“East Meets West And Then Some” In E.M. Forster’s novel A Passage to India, characters often seem to be put into one of two opposing groups. An Anglo-Indian or native Indian. Most of the characters in this novel fit into one of these categories. The characters are in a way stereotype of the groups. Most of the British characters dislike the Indian characters, and the reverse is true for the Indian characters. However, …

…symbol of a lesson that Forster tried to teach the readers. It is known that Forster tried to get awareness for the situation in India by publishing this book. By including this character Forster was trying to say that it isn’t enough for some people to try and do something about it. We all have to try or else we will all wind up like Mrs. Moore: a nice try but nonetheless a failure.