One thing that comes out during Aziz's interactions with Adela and Mr. Fielding is that his conversations make them deal with certain issues that they had been avoiding and didn't want to face. In this way, Aziz becomes a catalyst in bringing out those emotions and making the characters face challenges that they faced in their relationships.
For example, Aziz's sudden inquiry about whether she would stay in India permanently takes Adela by surprise and though she initially answers "I'm afraid I can't do that", her conversation with him makes her think deeply about the prospect of marrying Ronny and being stuck in India. Since her arrival in the land she had only been interested in seeing and 'understanding' India and had not paid any attention to the actual purpose for her long travel: her marriage. But Aziz triggers and internal dialogue in which she weighs the pros and cons of a married life with Ronny and musters the courage to call off the engagement. That this realization came because of Aziz is intriguing as one would conventionally not expect a native to be a source of shedding light on a personal matter like marriage. It is for this reason that Ronny too is surprised as he "never dreamt that an Indian could be a channel of communication between two English people".
But this is not the first instance that Aziz propels a deep confrontation with a character's deep and intentionally avoided emotions. His conversation with Mr. Fielding stimulates a similar internal dialogue within the character when Aziz shows him his wife's photograph and bestows his trust in him as a brother. He wonders about this new friendship that is initiated by Aziz and feels inferior because he has no story or secret to show signs of reassurance from his side. Moreover, this act by the native also takes Mr. Fielding back to the painful memory of the woman he loved but he lacks courage of tell Aziz the truth about the relationship ending badly. And just as he is dealing with his failure of getting married, Aziz surprises him with another possibility, "Why don't you marry Miss Quested?" Hit with a sudden question, Mr. Fielding promptly calls Adela a 'prig' which is probably what he truly feels about her and her superficial ambition to "understand India". What remains important is that the true opinion that Mr. Fielding has of Adela only comes out during this sitting with Aziz and though he is unable to tell her of his previous love affairs, he strengthens the friendship by communicating a new secret - his true feelings about the new maiden under discussion.
Thus, such questions that Aziz puts to the colonizers have far reaching effects on the characters. They deal with issues and personal matters that were otherwise hard to address and in the process they see Aziz as a good communicator or confidant.
For example, Aziz's sudden inquiry about whether she would stay in India permanently takes Adela by surprise and though she initially answers "I'm afraid I can't do that", her conversation with him makes her think deeply about the prospect of marrying Ronny and being stuck in India. Since her arrival in the land she had only been interested in seeing and 'understanding' India and had not paid any attention to the actual purpose for her long travel: her marriage. But Aziz triggers and internal dialogue in which she weighs the pros and cons of a married life with Ronny and musters the courage to call off the engagement. That this realization came because of Aziz is intriguing as one would conventionally not expect a native to be a source of shedding light on a personal matter like marriage. It is for this reason that Ronny too is surprised as he "never dreamt that an Indian could be a channel of communication between two English people".
But this is not the first instance that Aziz propels a deep confrontation with a character's deep and intentionally avoided emotions. His conversation with Mr. Fielding stimulates a similar internal dialogue within the character when Aziz shows him his wife's photograph and bestows his trust in him as a brother. He wonders about this new friendship that is initiated by Aziz and feels inferior because he has no story or secret to show signs of reassurance from his side. Moreover, this act by the native also takes Mr. Fielding back to the painful memory of the woman he loved but he lacks courage of tell Aziz the truth about the relationship ending badly. And just as he is dealing with his failure of getting married, Aziz surprises him with another possibility, "Why don't you marry Miss Quested?" Hit with a sudden question, Mr. Fielding promptly calls Adela a 'prig' which is probably what he truly feels about her and her superficial ambition to "understand India". What remains important is that the true opinion that Mr. Fielding has of Adela only comes out during this sitting with Aziz and though he is unable to tell her of his previous love affairs, he strengthens the friendship by communicating a new secret - his true feelings about the new maiden under discussion.
Thus, such questions that Aziz puts to the colonizers have far reaching effects on the characters. They deal with issues and personal matters that were otherwise hard to address and in the process they see Aziz as a good communicator or confidant.
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