"She lifted her pinkish brown sunglasses and arranged them on top of her head like a tiara."
(pg. 153)
I found this simile to be very significant in the characterization of Mrs. Das. Honestly, she is quite simply a mean and stuck up person. Throughout the story, she ignores her children, reveals her dishonesty towards her husband, and insults Mr. Kapasi. The simile from the quote contributes vastly to her character. The image of the tiara on her head creates the idea of her high maintenence and arrogance. The tiara symbolizes her selfish thinking in which she must always be put before everything else. I found Lahiri's use of this simile to be very profound as it set the tone of the story. Mr. Kapasi, in the end, realized Mrs. Das is not the person he would ever want to marry and lets the piece of paper with his address on it blow away without saying anything to her.
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