Setting - the new house
- a semi- detached house, corner lot
- new, piled with boxes of things
- family just moved to a new town
- in a middle-class neighbourhood
- they're the only Indian family in the neighbourhood
- neighbours don't socialize with each other
- house isn't cosy; foreign, detached
- the decor of the house is modernistic, cold, no comfort
- the porch, garden, interior of house very minimalistic, no sense of cosiness
It had only been two days in the new house, yet his mother had managed to banish all the dust-bunnies and kept the house spotless and sparkling. Piles of boxes still remained stacked unceremoniously at random crooks and crannies of the house. The house was very empty and bare. Not because they had just moved in, but the smell of barrenness vifted through the air. The
monster had forbidden his mother from bringing possessions from their previous home. Only the necessities were allowed; according to the
monster the clutter was suffocating and made him trip all over the place. If he had the courage, he would tell the
monster that it was drink that preventing him from walking straight. He felt the clutter from his previous home comforting, the tokens and souvenirs from his childhood a close friend. This new house seemed a far cry from his childhood home. The naked walls, monotonous white and stiff furniture permeated hostility instead of hospitality.
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