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By Any Other Name

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By Any Other Name

Santha Rama Rau writes the story “By Any Other Name”. She was born in 1923. Santha was educated in England and America. She later went to India to study and live.
The setting of “By Another Name” is in India before the 1950’s while under British control. The book is about Indian and British students going to school together. The Indian children are going to school under a British rule. The Indian children are facing difficulties in the class because they are being taught English along with their normal curriculum. The British students are also facing problems in school because they are around the Indian kids along with the Indian culture and have a rough time adjusting to it. The parents of both nationalities are skeptical on sending their students to a school with both Indian and British students because they don’t know how the children will react to it and because most people tend to be scared of the unknown.
“By Any Other Name” reflects situations that our students can reflect. The story talks about the different challenge’s students have to overcome and adapt to in a new learning atmosphere. The story shows how the Indians have to adjust to learning and learning to speak English. Students in our school can relate to the problems that the children face with learning a new language because most kids at North High take a foreign language, like Spanish, French, or even German. The students who read this story would be able to see a good example of how people react in an unfamiliar learning enviroment....

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