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Comparing and Contrasting- "A Stench of Kerosene"& "Looking for a Rain God" examine ways the writers create drama and tension and comment on the authors attitudes to the customs they describe.
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Comparing and Contrasting- "A Stench of Kerosene"& "Looking for a Rain God" examine ways the writers create drama and tension and comment on the authors attitudes to the customs they describe. To what extent are the customs responsible for the deaths in the two stories? In this coursework essay I will compare and contrast the following short stories: "A Stench of Kerosene" by Amrita Pritam and "Looking for a Rain God" by Bessie Head. Analysing language I will also comment on the authors attitudes to the customs they describe and how each of the authors create tension and drama within their respective short stories. Drama and tension are created dramatically in both of the stories by the extreme nature and severity of the deaths. In "A stench of Kerosene" the first we hear of Guleri's suicide is when Bhavani returns home after his evening at the...
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