Topic > The Devoted Son by Anita Desai - 529

Anita Desai is a writer of novels and short stories, mostly about conflicts between characters of different generations and backgrounds. His short story titled “A Devoted Son,” writes about just that. Anita's unique heritage is what made her so good at writing stories with conflict and culture. It has a quiet power that explores the struggle of many things. His inspiration for writing "A Devoted Son" is that he wanted to capture the duality of human nature, that everything is complex, but art, music and literature can make it so that everything becomes clear. In her short story, "A Devoted Son", Anita achieves her original concept for the story. First of all, Anita's original plan for the short story "A Devoted Son" came to fruition because it makes the story seem so simple and yet it is so complex. The story is a very easy read and if you don't think about it, it would just be another story. But if you think about its deeper meaning, it turns into something very complex. Since his father wanted him to become a doctor and was so proud...