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Howard´s End versus A Passage to India
Two different books by the same English author E. M. ... Although the setting is completely different, Howard´s End is situated at a quiet colourful English countryside and Passage to India shows us a poor colonial Indian town Chandrapore. But what joins these two books together are similar people´s characters and their determination by the environment in which they were brought up. ... Schlegel and Wilcox family in Howard´s End and various middle class characters as Adela Quested, Mrs Moore and Fielding in Passage to India. ... For example Henry´s wife Margaret, a kind woman which tries to offer support and understanding not only in her own family but also to other people. ... Moore´s character. ...
In my opinion the reason why Forster´s male characters have troubles coping with their own feelings while female characters are more open minded, helpful and generous, has probably roots in the models of families in which Forster grew up. His father´s family was evangelic with a deep sense for moral responsibility; on the contrary his mother and her relatives were more liberal and open.
The oposition to the model of middle class in Howard´s End is a young intelligent sensitive man Leonard Bast. ... Similarly, in Passage to India Dr. ...
In Howard´s End the love affair between Helen Schlegel and Leonard Bast can be regarded as a kind of revolt to a middle class decorum or it may also be interpreted as an escape of the two sensitive people to their own dreamed worlds.
Approximate Word count = 1144
Approximate Pages = 4.6
(250 words per page double spaced)
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