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The book entitled A Passage to India, by E.M. Forster, contains many characters, each of whom are complex in their own individual way. They all change radically while they interact with one another. One of the characters who has the some of the most drastic internal changes is Dr. Aziz. As the book starts out, Dr. Aziz has pretty much accepted the cruel and unjust treatment that he, and all Indians, receive from the English, but he is still extremely frustrated by it. As the novel goes on, Dr. Aziz wavers back and forth in his opinions of the English, making him a very pivotal character. In the beginning of the novel, as stated earlier, Dr. Aziz is treated poorly by the English, and he is increasingly perturbed by it. This is illustrated at the start of the story when Dr. Aziz has to make a call at Callendar’s house. He is annoyed that he must leave dinner to go to his house, and becomes even more irritated once he arrives at the house only to find that Callendar is not even there. He is so annoyed that he decides to go to the mosque, the one place to him that seems to represent serenity. As he enters the mosque, all the while pondering over how annoyed he is over all the rude English people, he chastises an elderly English woman for not removing her shoes. Once he says this, to his surprise, she politely informs him that she already has removed her shoes. This shocks Dr. Aziz for two reasons: a.) because she removed her shoes in the first place, and b.) because she was so polite about correcting him. The two of them politely chat, all the while Dr.
Approximate Word count = 1150
Approximate Pages = 4.6
(250 words per page double spaced)
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