In the novel, it seems that the women in the family have little to none choices for their life. The second theme is the choices that someone can choose. Even the constant tone of sarcasm towards her mother could defined the love-hate relationship between them. 11) and “I may not love her … but she was my mother.” (pg. This could be seen when she said “I was never, ever going to be like my mother.” (pg. I could sense the love-hate relationship between her and her family particularly her mother. The literary device that has been used to portray this theme is the protagonist with her family. This shows that blood will forever be thicker than water. To relate this in today’s society I agree that they are still some families who are very particular for such matter in marriages but I also know that whomever their child’s choice for a spouse, unless they have bad characteristic, they would accept him or her. Although, Priya’s family were reluctant and tried to change Priya’s decision regarding him at first, they later accept him because they knew that Nick was what made Priya happy and “… accepting each other, flaws and all …” (pg.

Nonetheless, she still told them about him. 3) is already a good enough man to marry but not for Priya’s family because he is an American. The alliteration used to describe Nick shows how Priya is smitten with him. Priya loves and cares for her family too much to hide about the existence of Nick and her already agreed engagement to him however she was scared to tell them about him. The first theme that I found is the love in one’s family. I can identify a few literary devices that have been used by Malladi to let us see much clearly how she wanted the themes to appear in the novel. These themes that I found can either be relevant or not in today's society.

Based on my reading, I could identify three themes in the novel. Malladi brings out the intensity, frustration, sadness and even the hopefulness of the characters in her writing. THE MANGO SEASON BY AMULYA MALLADI 'The Mango Season' by Amulya Malladi is a beautifully written love journey of an Indian girl with an American boy who defies the rules of society especially in the term of marriage.

The Mango Season by Amulya Malladi