Comparison of Veronica and Stench of Kerosene
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Describe the lifestyle and attitudes of female characters in the two stories - "A Stench Of Kerosene" and "Veronica" and how does this compare to western women's life styles". The two stories I have looked at are very different from one another. The first story "A Stench Of Kerosene" written by Amrita Pritam is set in India. Guleri the young woman in the story was married to a loving husband, she lived with his family like many Indian couples do. For a reason that is not told in the story she could not have children and her mother-in-law found a second wife for her son behind Guleri's back. Guleri committed suicide when finding out the news and her husband blamed himself for her death and was deeply distraught. The second story was written by Adewale Maja-Pearce called "Veronica" the story is set in Africa. It is about a young girl...

