Austin VerrillEnglish IV HonorsMrs. GrimaldiMay 18, 2014Essay on postcolonial literatureE.M. Foresters, A Passage to India is a very gripping postcolonial novel. It shows how cultures were forced to mix with each other and the consequences that resulted. The story takes place in the early 1900s in different locations of India. There is a distinct fluctuation between the British ruling class and the indigenous population in India. This shows the difference in religious beliefs, thoughts and economic issues. Forester makes the reader wonder if it is possible for the two different cultures to form a friendship. A Passage to India describes how difficult it was to establish loyal friendship between members of two antithetical cultures during postcolonialism in India. Aziz is an Indian doctor who lives in Chandrapore and finds it difficult to connect with the English. At the beginning of the novel, he hears two other Indians talking and asking: "Is it possible to be friends with an Englishman." It was only a short time later that he was able to understand...