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Essay talks about cultural misunderstandings in the book "A Passage to India" by E.M. Forster between the British and the Indians. Some sentences don't read well, but overall clear and easy to read. Cultural Misunderstanding In his novel A Passage to India, E.M. Forster uses a series of repeated misunderstandings between cultures, which become solidified into social stereotypes, to justify the meaningless attempts to bridge the cultural gaps. In many instances, the way …

…is why Mrs. Moore is so adored by Aziz and the other Indians. Even after the time she has spent in India, she still treats the Indians as people. She never supports British revocation, but she doesn't understand why they can't be more 'pleasant' to the natives. For whatever reasons, the cultural misunderstandings never seemed to be conquered. Wherever the answer lies, both cultures need to find it if they ever see themselves getting along.