Bhave’s House Geographical Location
and political orders come to the short story as the setting. Mukherjee ‟s TMoG
1988: 183 mentioned that “–and with the complications of culture, language, and customs. Someone
mentioned that Mrs. Bhave is a pillar –because you‟ve taken it more
calmly.” At this, perhaps, I frown, for she reaches forward, almost to take my hand.
“I hope you understand my meaning, Mrs. Bhave. There are hundreds of people in Metro directly affected, like you, and some of them speak no
English. There are some wi dows who‟ve never handled money or gone on
a bus, and there are old parents who still haven‟t eaten or gone outside their bedrooms. Some houses and apartments have been looted. Some
wives are still hysterical. Some husbands are in shock and profound depression. We want to help, but our hands are tied in so many ways. We
have to distribute money to some people, and there are legal documents
– these things can be done. We have interpreters, but we don‟t always have
the human touch, or maybe the right human tou ch. We don‟t want to make
mistakes, Mrs. Bhave, and that‟s why we‟d like to ask you to help us.” She asks to Bhave‟s help to have a communication with people who are
grieving. Templeton wants Bhave to have human touch because she has no experience for facing the problem in which there are the complications of
culture, religion, faith, and nation. In this case, it shows that the political and social problems begin. It is because Templeton as a member of an institution
can not handle and have no experience to solve a big problem. In this case, Judith does not notice that Bhave is also a person in a grief who needs support.
In their grief, Judith Templeton as a Canadian worker offers them a help. After the accident happened, some people who lost their family have to face
economic problem, such as losing their place and all their services. Templeton comes to ask them to sign the bank papers in which they will have
a provincial trustee to pay their bills, and they will get monthly pension. As Mukherjee
‟s TMoG 1988: 194 stated that “Judith asks about the bank PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
papers, the release forms. With a stroke of the pen, they will have a provincial trustee to pay their bills, invest their money, send them a monthly pension.”
Even though Templeton has offered a help, they still believe that God will provide what they need. Besides, they think signing the forms means that they
sign their family‟s death. Even though they face some problems about economic and politic, they still respect the diversity and have a toleration.