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The main purpose of this passage is that despite the cultural and race change, human beings are all similar. We all breath oxygen and have blood flowing through our bodies. Some of us might look different or talk differently but at the end of the day we are all humans. People were surprised when Mukherji spoke English to a British female simply because he was Indian. "Oh, how I wish to speak to him?" Could I withstand such an appeal? I rose and . . . asked— "Did you speak to me, young lady?" . . . The young lady soon got over her bashfulness, . . . expressed her astonishment at my knowledge of English”. People at first viewed Makhijani as very distinguishable because of his appearance and past actions that people of his race did. But then people viewed him as a normal person because he was able to speak English. Explanation: Hope this helped!