Time is a Fire

             In this book report paper, I will analyze about a novel titled Time is A Fire, which is written by Vikram Kapur. I will also divide this paper into two main parts. In the first part, I will summarize and take the points from the story. And, in the second part, I will write some of my opinion and critique from a specific main chapter that I choose instead, which is the fourth that talked about the marriage between Rose and Ajay.
             Based on my point of view, I can tell that the novel was trying to talk about the life about Amrita Gill, a pretty, nice, and smart girl who came from India. Who is later on met another two journalist, Deepak and Jaswant. The three of them worked together and tried to solve the riddle of Indira Gandhi's assassination and the relevance with the riots that took place in Delhi, India in 1984. I can see mystery, political history, and romance combined perfectly into one, which according to me is the best part of the novel.
             The story began on October 31st 1984, when the assassination of Mrs. Gandhi took place. An innocent sixteen-year-old girl, Amrita Gill was tragically came home to find her parents murdered too because of the riots. Instead of being alone in the riots that occurred in India, Amrita was forced to move abroad and live her country where she was born. She moved to Seattle, where she can live in the same roof with her uncle, the only living relative that she had now. Her childhood was really a tough life. She had to work in the kitchen and ordered like a servant by her aunt. She also worked hard outside to pay her educational fee. She worked in convenience store and fast food restaurant and tried to live by her own in her new life. However, she couldn't just run from the past.
             On one evening in November 1997, Amrita got a strange letter from Vancouver, which is written in Gumurkhi. On the letter, it is said that the writer, Gurbachan Singh needed to talk to Amrita. At first, Amrita w...

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