What are the essential themes (at least three) that can be used to analyze the conflict in the short story, “A Suitable Boy?” (This essay must be three typed pages, double spaced using 12 point...

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Title: Themes of Conflict in A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth
Contents
Introduction    3
The Suitability of Male    3
Conservative Perspective Pursued In Love and Marriage    4
Religious Intolerance    4
Conclusion    5
Works Cited    5
Introduction
Marriage and castes are interlinked with Indian culture. In fact, the social stigmas existing in Indian societies are driven from the ideologies that often serve as the barrier towards the concept of open marriages which are popular in Western culture. A Suitable Boy by Vikarm Seth brings to light some of the basic themes that serve as the source of conflict in the novel. Seth is tempted by these differences existing in Indian societies about seeing the degree of ‘suitability’ in young men and women belonging to same castes or religion (Reena, 777). There is no space given to the individual feelings and bonds that exist outside the culture of a particular religion. The main themes that influence the plot and characters eventually in the novel are suitability of male, conservative perspective pursued in love and marriage as well as religious intolerance due to the partition of India in post freedom era of 1947.
The Suitability of Male
    At first, the central theme of the story is suitability of male because it has to be founded in the same caste or religion only. This ideology is driven from Indian societies where the matches for the young girls are found over certain points. However, the concept of these ideal matches is limited to the one caste or one religion only; there is no scope for the boys who belong to the so called ‘other culture’ or religion (Gunwant &...