Narrator:
appearance: – always is being appraised by Indians because of her strangeness
- wears Indian clothes, because they are cooler and cheaper
- is tall and flat-chested like her Great-Aunt Beth
state of mind: – confused
- influenced by letters and others impressions and opinions
background: – from England
- Douglas = grandfather
- has no furniture and doesn’t want some
- speaks a little Hindu
aims / wishes: – wants to get to know her grandfather’s life
- wants to retrace the steps of Olivia
- just wants to see India as it really is
woman in dormitory (neighbour):
appearance: – looks like a ghost
- wears a white night-gown
- long hair –> plait
- thin and white but looks also tough/toughened-up, like a ghost with backbone
state of mind: – very religious
- outgoing , talkactive
- hates Indian food –> she is not to be about to accommodate herself to the Indian culture
background: – has been in India for thirty years
- Christian
- always stays in the S.M. when she comes to Bombay
- knows Miss Tietz for twenty years
aims / wishes: – wants to live in God’s will
Miss Tietz:
background: -came to India with the Christian Sisterhood
- is Swiss
- the last ten years she has been looking after the S.M.
Inder Lal (the landlord of the narrator)
- state of mind: – is disappointed with the way the narrator live in her room (looks for furniture) –> wants that his guest is pleased –> hospitable
- is too polite to voice his disappointment and is afraid of embarrass s.o.
- is annoyed by the hirjab’s
background: – works at an office in the Britsh residential area
