Anxiety Associated with Handling Difficulties as Depicted in a Temporary Matter

In the short story “A Temporary Matter” Jhumpa Lahiri reveals how Shukamar is afraid of confronting is problems and Shoba does not like to talk about the baby. Shukamar cannot really relate to Shoba. He cannot because he never really went to India and Shoba did. They both try to isolate each other so they don't have to confront their problems.In the short story they are slowly separating there is already a sense ofvsepartion but it gets worse. It causes them to be gone displaced. By the end of the story they a no longer together. Because of how Shukamar and Shoba deal with their problems it is separating their relationship.

These are issues shown by the author. Shoba and Shukamar barely spend time together Shukamar even said, “These days Shoba was always by the time Shukamar woke up” (Lahiri 4). They barely even see each other and when they do they try to keep themselves apart. They do not even celebrate, “Shoba and Shukamar hadn’t celebrated Christmas that year” (Lahiri 2). The reason they are like this is because they can not get past this one issue their baby. Shoba tries to completely avoid it “and partly because it was a place Shoba avoided” (Lahiri 8). While Shukamar just wants to completely forget about the baby by removing all of the baby items, He also stop caring about things like brushing teeth. Another problem with their relationship is they keep things secretive and lie. Shukamar even said, “He had held him until a nurse knocked and took him away, and promised himself that day he would never tell Shoba” (Lahiri 22). The only thing about this is he did tell Shoba. So Because of how secretive they and how they isolate themselves this ended their relationship.