After reading the story for a fourth time today I was asked by the teacher to think on one topic, "The name of a person does not change who they are and that they remain the same as they essentially were".
This topic really got me thinking as I was not able to raise any points to prove this. The major point that was raised in our group by Jeffery was that Premila and Santha both returned to their former self by the end of the story. I totally agree with him on this topic, even though Premila had tried to change herself and become more like a Britisher she had finally rejected the idea after going though opression and Santha also had rejected "Cynthia" from the very start which proves that none of the two sisters had changed from their Indian self to their British counterpart. Another point that was raised was that "A dog's tail remains curly". Even though I agree with him on the topic but I do not agree on this sentence as it does not prove anything.
After thinking through this I came to the conclusion that a person does change even if his/her name is changed.
