DEY RAJU

NADIAH

JUWAIRIYAH

MAIZATUL

SARAS M MANICKAM

AUTHORS
BACKGROUND

BORNED IN
KUALA LUMPUR

A FREELANCE
WRITER

USED TO BE A
TEACHER AND
LECTURER

STUDIED IN
UNIVERSITY OF
MALAYA

I write English Language school

books; have been writing them for
over 20 years now. I love to do
copywriting work - writing
brochures, video scripts, speeches,
newsletters - the whole caboodle. I
conduct Business English classes as
well. That's something I rather
enjoy as well.

SYNOPSIS
The story tells about Raju, who has
been raised in a Tamil-household.
Despite of being highly educated,
Raju, not like any other young men,
is so conservative, and he holds to
his Tamil culture, which is the
arranged marriage.

 He does not know his future bride and he

does not love her either, but he does not
go against the idea of the arranged
marriage.
It is when he actually meets his future
bride that he instantly fall in love with her
because she is a very beautiful woman,
not like Savithri or Padmini, the Tamil
actresses he used to adore for their
beauty, but she is just beautiful.

THEME
ARRANGED MARRIAGE

BEAUTY OF A WOMAN

TRADITION VS MODERN
THINKING

LOVE

Characters

Raju
has been raised in a Tamil-household
highly educated
he holds to his Tamil culture, which is
the arranged marriage
not go against the idea of arranged
marriage.
he fall in love with the bride.
He adored Savithri and Padmini, the
Tamil actresses.

Bride
Beautiful
had squint eyed
love compliments

Rajus mother
doing the work and preparation for
the wedding

Rajus father
Arranged the marriage
Keeps the promise

Aunty Ruku
Talk with Raju about the bride
Modern thinking
Encourage Raju to know about his
bride

Brides cousin
Fat woman
Married
Raju thought she was
his bride

PLOT
BEGINNING- Raju, who is borned and grown up with the
Tamil movies accepts the arranged marriage due to their
Indian tradition.
RAISING ACTION- He is very eager to get to know his
bride after having the conversation with Auntie Ruku as
he goes to the home to spy on the bride.
CLIMAX- He just found that his bride is actually a
beautiful woman instead of the big, battleship woman.
FALLING ACTION- Raju has a talk with the bride.
RESOLUTION- He falls for the bride and kisses her.

SETTING
Place setting
KUALA LUMPUR

HOME
CINEMA

BATHROOM

TIME SETTING

1965 Id meet such a

conservative young mind

Feminist
Criticism

 Gender stereotyping
It was portrayed in the story that
women were attached to their own
gender-fixed tasks, such as being in
the kitchen and doing all the cooking,
cleaning and women-related tasks

 Women as faithful wives (serve their

husband)
Although the marriage was arranged
by the family, greater power was
possessed by his father on that
matter. The mother just obeyed and
do what she was supposed to do,
which was helping with the
preparation of the marriage. a)
.go ask your father, he arranged

 The textual evidence implied that even the

mother has no objection or whatsoever
suggestion towards the marriage. Her
husband controlled and arranged
everything and her task was to serve
him. (doing the work and preparation)
They(the women) were raised that way
and eventually, they were used to the idea
of letting everything on their husbands
hands.