The Third and Final Continent

This story tells the tale of an Indian man that left his country for schooling in London. After he is finished he gets a job in America and tells his stories of his assimilation into the country. This story differs from the rest that we've read because his assimilation doesn't seem so difficult. He gets an apartment, doesn't struggle with the language, he even gets a high paying job that provides stability for himself and his wife. The only thing that bothered this man was the culture-shocks that he experienced. 

I found it funny when he mentioned the "loudness" outside when the noise became unbearable for him. My mother, who also is an immigrant, came to America and the only thing she told me that bothered her was the noise too! 

The Landlord, Mrs. Croft, and her daughter Helen were two pivotal characters in the main characters transition from India and London. Mrs Croft especially, I saw her as unknowingly becoming his mentor that was teaching him the in's and out's of living in America. Mrs. Croft was his training, she reminded him to lock the doors, how to speak properly, and pushed him to realize the importance of the American flag being on the moon. After all this training, he was ready to accept his wife into his life and they moved out of the apartment. When they were on their own, he became his wife's teacher and helped her assimilate into America too

Although I couldn't understand why the man seemed so careless about his wife. The first time she was mentioned he said that he got married in passing and there was little to no detail about her. Even when she moved in with him, he barely empathized with her struggles to assimilate into his new world; he described her as a seasonal change. The single time he showed compassion for her was when she was experiencing the culture shocks herself because he understood what she was going through.