Comment on the following quote: “For being a foreigner, Ashima is beginning to realize, is a sort of lifelong pregnancy—a perpetual wait, a constant burden, a continuous feeling out of sorts” (49).
This metaphore serves as a comparison between foreigners and pregnancy. This metaphore definitely highlights some of the downsides to both of these things and suggests how they are similar. There are constant burdens that are similar between the two from the constant emotional roller coasters. Hormones start fluxuaiting dramatically while pregnant causing drastic mood swings, while foreigners are stressed from the distance of home, they may be frustrated wit cultural and language differences as well. Constant unwanted attention also occurs in both situations. For example, people feel obligated to touch pregnant woman's stomach and ask all sorts of personal questions. Talk about a major invasion of personal space and privacy... Foreigners also are asked multiple questions since people find them interesting. They think that is a valid reason to ask personal questions as well. Physical fatigue from stress, emotionally as well as physically, is definitely a factor as well in both pregnancy and foreigners. For these reasons, I think that this metaphore is a valid comparison.
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