A Passage to India

A Passage to India - Forster's Comic Irony What aspect of A Passage to India justifies the novel's superiority over Forster's other works? Perhaps it is the novel's display of Forster's excellent mastery of several literary elements that places it among the greatest novels of the twentieth century. Among these literary elements, Forster's comic irony stands out, and throughout the entire novel, the author satirizes the English, the Indians, and the Anglo-Indian relationship. Frederick P. …

…Indians are not yet ready for friendship in any sense. Although Forster's criticism in A Passage to India is focused upon the clashing cultures, he ends the novel with a glimmer of hope that perhaps Anglo-Indian cooperation is possible. Aziz and Fielding attempt during their horseback rides in the last scene of the novel to pledge eternal friendship and are prevented from doing so only by a narrowing path. Paths, obviously, can easily be widened.