Introduction
"East is east and West is west, and never the twain shall meet." The British poet Rudyard Kipling who was born in India in 1865 and lived there for several years as an adult, once wrote. This quote was written long before E.M Forester wrote the novel "A Passage to India" in 1924, but gives the understanding of the general theme of the novel. That the people of the east and west cultures will never be able to be one in unison or have an understanding for the other culture, nation and people. The novel "A Passage to India" explores the relations of two cultures people: the Indians and the English. "A Passage to India", begins and ends with a question - Can the English and Indian races be friends? and, at the end of the novel, the answer is evident, "No, not yet". The novel follows a doctor by the name of Dr. Aziz and the consequences he endures when he attempts to be decent to the English, his subsequent arrest, trial and final anti-English sentiments, is mainly......
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