Comments on: Father Goriot – Book Review

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By: bhagwad

bhagwad — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 03:26:29 +0000

@indianhomemaker
Yeah, I heard about this story. Shocking. I wonder what the rational is of using rape here. If I remember this incident correctly, the parents allowed family members to rape the girl to teach her a lesson. She then escaped – good for her, otherwise she would probably be dead.

In this book, the two daughters are ashamed of their father who dotes on them. But no point in spoiling the plot :) . I didn’t know you were based in Chennai – I assume it’s the Chennai Landmark that draws you (and if you’re an old hand at this, it’ll be the Nungambakkam one)

By: indianhomemaker

indianhomemaker — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 03:17:26 +0000

I have read nothing by this author :(

The book also talks about children sacrificing their parents for ‘social status’? I feel humans give up a lot for social status, in India parents give up their children and children’s happiness for social status. There was another news yesterday about getting a son in law killed, and daughter raped because the parents disapproved of the match :(

And then most Indian parents think, a girl’s broken marriage is bad for their social status.

But I digress… I am going to keep Father Goriot in mind on my next trip to Landmark :)