The Astrologer’s Day

As you learned while reading “An Astrologer’s Day,” R.K. Narayan captures the cultural context of 1940s India through his details describing setting, dress, and mannerisms. Pick a time and place in history—for example, Elizabethan England or ancient Egypt. Research details about clothing, architecture, and customs during this period, using reliable Internet sources or the library. Then, write five different sentences that each capture the cultural context of this time and place. For example, a sentence based on ancient Egypt might read: The scribes waited hours under the sweltering desert sun to catch a glimpse of the young Pharaoh.