Delprøve B Dusk over Atlantic Wharf
1. A summary of Dusk over Atlantic Wharf
The short story, written by Susmita Bhattacharya , is about a young woman called Lata. She has been raised in India where she probably has lived all her life. She is in an arranged marriage with Anuj, who also has grown up in India. They live together in Wales, in a house in Cardiff. Anuj have lived there for six years, and he thought he was as British as the white people, but Lata has only lived there for 4 months. In the story Lata and Anuj decide to go to the cinema in Bay, to watch a movie. Anuj choose a Bollywood movie. Lata gets very delighted, because she can feel home again. During the movie she keeps telling Anuj, about the background and landscape. She does not concentrate about the action, only the background. In the end Lata realizes that there is nothing else to do than accepting her new situation and life. (155)

2. Characterization of Lata and her relationship to Anuj
Lata has recently moved from India to Cardiff to live in a marriage with Anuj. It has been four months since she moved to Cardiff. It is hard for her to fit in and she feels homesick for India. ” Filled with strangers, not neighbors. She was too afraid to befriend them, not knowing if she would be welcomed, and not bothering to find out.” From this we know that Lata has not talked with her neighbors. She thinks of them as strangers and she does not seem to have the courage to make it change. Lata is afraid of them not welcoming her.
When Lata tells about her life in India it is significant that she is a very social, funny and vivacious girl. ”My best friend back home, said I was the joker in the group. Standup comedian.” It is very clear that she had a great life in India so she cannot really understand why she married Anuj in exchange for a better life. “Good future for you beti, he had said. How did Baba know? He had never stepped out of India ever. So did he not give Ma a good future?” This sentence shows us that she is disagreeing with her father. She does not believe that her life in Wales is better than her life in India.
But at the same time she thinks that it is possible for her to love him. She still thinks that there is some hope, because her mother told her so. ” She would learn to love him. Yes, Ma had said so; she would learn to love him.” This sentence also shows us that she is a conscientious girl, which is also shown by her marriage with Anuj that her parents had arranged. (296)

3. The ending
At the end of the story Lata's dissatisfaction about her new life breaks out. Watching the Bollywood movie was like walking down memory lane. It took her back to her old life and when it ended, she was in the unknown coldness outside of the cinema, in a new and unfamiliar world. “Lata sat in the car and burst into tears. Soon black rivers streamed down her cheeks. She shook as she wept, and Anuj sat there, fiddling with the keys.” The way home from the cinema, is like a passing phase. She leaves all her memories of her native country behind her, and drives into her new life, on the streets of Wales. "Are you all right?" she answers "Yeah I'm alright. Let's go home". This quotation is where she finally accepts her situation. Her answer is a true proof of her decision about letting the past go and see Wales as her new home with her new love, Anuj. (161)

4. Discuss in a short essay how immigrants may overcome integration problems
To leave your own country behind and start living in another one is often a hard situation. That is especially the case if the new country is almost the opposite/different culture and religion. Because many time it is your culture and religion that define your identity and your self-concept, which makes the integration more difficult. The best way to integrate in a new country is to learn the language quickly and properly, and then try to get a job. It is also very importance to be open to the new culture, and to tell the native people about the difference in the two cultures. And generally be open and positive to the new country. This can be very difficult and is also a big subject on the politicians table.
In conclusion, there is definitely a lot that can be done by politicians to solve integration problems, but there are also some things that the individual can do to make it easier to feel a part of the society he or she lives in. (173)