“Is it really pain you feel, Mrs. Das, or is it guilt?”
I'm quickly beginning to understand that the purpose of structures and plots are to create suspense or those cherished awkward moments amongst the characters. Although the excessive drama makes for a terrible trip, each argument between the Das couple, obvious race divide, and confession felt like the climax to me. The short story was constructed for that very purpose: to show just how emotionally charged the storyline is. Before letting the reader calm down, something else is going on. I believe this parallels the feelings of Mr. Kapasi. Unfortunately, the poor man would be humiliated in real life because he couldn't have been more wrong about Mrs. Das. HE thought eveyrhting was happening so quickly, just as the plot twisted and turned in my mind, but really it was a straight and forward plot of a simply failing marriage.
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