"Mr. Kapasi was forty-six years old, with receding hair that had gone completely silver, but his butterscotch complexion and his unlined brow, which he treated in spare moments to dabs of lotus-oil balm, made it easy to imagine what he must have looked like at an earlier age." (pg. 148)
This quote is an example of indirect characterization because the narrator is explaining how the character looks. Mr. Kapasi is a tour guide and an interpreter. On this particular tour, he is guiding a family who really doesn't seem like a family to me. Mr. and Mrs. Das have a similar relationship as Mr. Kapasi and his wife have. They seem to have little in common and like to bicker. When I read this, I knew some relationship would form out of this. During the long tour, Mrs. Das and Mr. Kapasi seemed to be hitting it off. They each liked each other, but they were both married. Mr. Kapasi ended up hurting Mrs. Das' feelings, and the relationship seemed to end. When Mrs. Das lost the address, I believe that it showed Mr. Kapasi that in times of trouble the seemingly distant family can be very close, and he can't break that up. I think that his outlook on life has changed by being shown that family is important even though it can sometimes be overlooked because of selfishness.
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