Moving to a new city can be difficult, adjusting to a new home and meeting new people. However, moving to a new country can be much more difficult. Not only are there new people to meet, but immigrants have to adapt to a completely different culture and language. Many find it difficult to integrate into the new culture, while maintaining the customs and traditions of their old country. Jhumpa Lahiri is an author who writes about the struggles of immigrants. His parents, Indian immigrants, told him stories of struggling to adapt. Some of his short stories are based on his parents' experiences. In the stories "This Blessed House," "The Third and Last Continent," and "At Mrs. Sen's," Lahiri shows how immigrants' struggle to adapt to an unfamiliar culture can lead to misunderstandings and identity crises. . is the story of a newly married couple, both second-generation Americans. Although Twinkle and Sanjeev are educated and westernized, their marriage was arranged in the Indian way. Their parents, old friends, had organized the first meeting. They had a long-distance relationship for two months before getting married, in India, at the insistence of their parents (Lahiri, “Blessed,” 142). Before their marriage, Sanjeev bought them a house in Connecticut. Throughout the house is a “significant collection of Christian paraphernalia” (Lahiri, “Blessed,” 137). There is a paint-by-number picture of the three wise men, a trivet of Jesus, a Nativity snow globe, and switch plates in the rooms with biblical scenes on them. “Twinkle is delighted with the range of Christian objects she finds in the couple's new home, not because she is particularly religious, but because they amuse her” (Brians)... . middle of paper ...... 2010. .Karim, Rezaul. “Jhumpa Lahiri.” South Asian Writers in English. Np: np, 2006. N. pag. Literary Resource Center. Internet. February 26, 2010. .Lahiri, Jhumpa. "Mrs. Sen's. Interpreter of Diseases. Boston: Houghton, 1999. 111-135. Print.- - -. "The third and final continent." Interpreter of Diseases. Boston: Houghton, 1999. 173-198. Print .- - -. “This blessed house.” Interpreter of Diseases. Boston: Houghton, 1999. Print. Mitra, Madhuparna. "Lahiri is that of Mrs. Sen." Rosemary M. Canfield. “The Third and Final Continent.” Masterplots II: Revised Edition.. 2010. .