INDIAN-AMERICANS IDENTITY IN “THIS BLESSED HOUSE” SHORT STORY

This research discusses the identity of indian immigrants especially main characters, Sanjeev and Twinkle, in short story “This Blessed House” by Jhumpa Lahiri. The theory used this is cultural studies Stuart Hall combining with character characterization fiction. focuses on habits an immgirants who lived Connecticut, United states, also factors that made characters have different identity. husband has a stable trying to maintain Indian culture while his wife acting like American. As Twinkle shows she loses her origin identity, which indian, because does not preserve strongly succeeds carry their household strong culture. Compared was more recently living America. So been exposed American longer than Sanjeev.