The Shadow Lines Lesson Plan

What are some unsavory aspects of Th’amma’s personality are revealed in this section of the reading? Provide examples from the text.

Strong responses will note the hypocritical way Th’amma thinks about family. She seems to care a lot about her uncle in Dhaka while not caring at all about his dead cousin’s widow and family suffering in poverty. The way she seems to care about her uncle in Dhaka also contradicts how she behaves toward and talks about other family members, such as Ila, the Shaheb, and Tridib. Th’amma also has some prejudiced, nationalistic opinions that are revealed when she finds out her uncle in Dhaka is living with refugees. It’s clear she thinks of...