Morris, Bhaiya

 Morris, Bhaiya is a story that focuses on his life in the Enterprise. The Enterprise is an Indian majority community that has an Indian minority. Although Morris is African, he celebrates the Indian traditions in this community. Although he is African and that is where his roots are, he follows Indians traditions and kind of tries to fit in. I believe that it would be so hard to try and fit in when you are different than the community and they try to oppress the minority. However I believe it is so necessary to embrace your roots and never lose your culture and where you come from. In the story it says he preferred, “the tassa strung around his neck…[walking] in the Husain procession with the Muslim drummers”. Instead of embracing his own culture he wanted to fit in with the others.

    Pat was a fleeing glimmer of light in this somewhat dark and divided short story. I thought that it was moving that there was someone that would come to his side and give him someone to talk to while he was so lonely. Like many of the stories that we have read this semester, this feeling of loneliness and isolation played a big role in the theme and plot of the story. Although Pat may have helped Morris for a little, in the end Pat waves goodbye and again Morris is lonely. Although he is able to leave, there really is not a happy ending again. Morris falls back into solitude and is alone again at the conclusion.