The Young Couple by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, Country Lovers by Nadine Gord

The vernal Couple by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, Country Lovers by Nadine Gordimer and speedwell by Adewale Maja-PearceThe writers in the following short stories from diverse culturespresent relationship problems encountered by characters imputable to companionableand ethnic pressures. The social pressures are civil war, poverty,apartheid, and education. The cultural pressures are due to differentcultures with different values and beliefs, social standings insociety and societys prejudices and discrimination. The authors ofThe Young Couple, Country Lovers and Veronica demonstrate all ofthese issues using a variety of different techniques to high spot therelationship problems. They want to capture the readers mind and beneficence and provoke thinking. The reader is invited to form his/heropinion about the issues discussed. The master(prenominal) themes of the stories, asintended by the authors, portray the difference in gender roles,social standing and the influence and pressure of th e family.In Country Lovers, by Nadine Gordimer, societal pressures cause theproblems between the main characters and their relationship. Thebediand Paulus cannot be together openly because of the apartheid system.separatism of society meant that the whites ruled the colouredpeople. Paulus Eysendyk is a privileged farmers son and white. He isrick and is esteemed by others. He is educated. He was abaasie-little repress. Both he and Thebedi, a black impart a puerilityrelationship that blooms into a more adult one and only(a), albeit, a clandestineone each returned home with the dark she to her mothers hut, he tothe farmhouse because of the differences in their race and socialstatus. The relationship results in a baby. However, Th... ..., you hear? passim this essay, I have showed how the writers of the 3 storiesshow the relationship problems encountered by the characters, theycreated, due to social and cultural pressures. The differenttraditions and religions of the characters als o add to the tangledwebs of their lives. The writers had presented their stories with lucidity as they used a variety of different techniques to highlightthe problems the characters faced. They have expressed their pointswell with the use of incisive language, effective structure, precisetone, and eliminate mood. The writer of Veronica, AdewaleMaja-Pearce was most effective in his objective because he wascompassionate in his work. The narrative is very matter of fact, andthe shortness of the novel and the language ties in with thefatalistic view and mind set of the main character, Veronica.