While English communities are not submissive, Bengalis are highly subservient to their husbands. This complexity is also evident in Monica Ali’s characterizations. This strategy suggests the complexity of a minority group that is not free to make decisions that can influence the lives of its people. Monica Ali portrays the two main characters as having strong ties to their Bangladeshi roots. This writing demonstrates that her community is semi-literate. For example, in one of her letters, she writes, “Good good place and house too good also…” (Bentley 85). Hasina writes her letters in broken and grammatically poor English. This situation is a demonstration of a community that has not or has refused to assimilate into the English culture. Karim and Nazneen communicate while alternating Bengali and English. Indeed, Shahana who speaks English while at home anger Chanu. It also suggests that the English and Bengali communities are divided based on the complexity of language. This case shows how English becomes ‘odd’ when people from a different language adopt it. Azard’s daughter demands something, Nazneen hears the words ‘money’ and ‘pub’ (Wishart 66). Indeed, the author clearly emphasizes that the central character, Nazneen, uses English as a foreign language. This situation presents the novel as a work of translation, suggesting that the reflected communities have language barriers. However, from the conversations of the characters, it is acted in another language (Bengali). In the development of this theme, the novel is authored in English. The theme of literacy is an important complexity that characterizes the Bengali and English communities. Therefore, she has to get used to living with Chanu. Although Nazneen is not comfortable with the marriage, she considers it a fate. Chanu married Nazneen, not out of his choice, but through an arranged marriage (Bentley 85). Nevertheless, this expectation cannot be justified. One would anticipate well-educated Chanu to choose between marrying an intellectual person. However, from within, they exhibit complexities such as educational imbalance. To this extent, minority communities may appear harmonized from outside. He keeps talking about his professional plans coupled with promotions. For instance, while Nazneen only knows two English words, ‘thank you’ and ‘sorry’ (Bentley 84), Chanu is well educated. While Chanu has lived in London for about two decades, Nazneen is exposed to a completely new culture upon her arrival to London. The book narrates the story of Nazneen, a Bangladeshi woman who is married to Chanu Ahmed. In her book, Brick Lane, Monica Ali portrays two contrasting communities.
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