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In one of these caves Mrs. Moore experiences a nightmare vision, the vision of the negative side of that India she is trying to discover, a vision which stuns, crushes and finally destroys her. Later in the day Adela has a hysterical panic in another cave, and rushes out to accuse Aziz of attempted rape. Her hysteria spreads through the whole English community and Aziz has to stand trial in an atmosphere of intense emotion which naturally produces its counterpart, among the Indian population. Fielding alone, whose friendship with Aziz is one of the main themes of the book, is able to resist this hysteria and remains firm in his conviction of his friend’s innocence. At the trial Adela, suddenly realising that she has been mistaken, withdraws her charges and Aziz is released amid scenes of riotous enthusiasm. His accusers are reprimanded, Fielding is promoted, Adela returns to England, Mrs. Moore dies. Such is the barest outline of the plot: it gives no indication at all of the substance or quality of A Passage to India. This neat, hard, conventional little plot is indeed no more than the occasion for the book. It is rather like a stone thrown into a pond, and quickly disappears from sight: the real book is, as it were, the concentric rings so produced, spreading from the centre till the whole surface of life is covered and disturbed. It is the vehicle for a profound exploration of personal and social relationships, not only of the special relations existing in a colonial country like the pre-war India but of problems that are permanent and universal.
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