Heaslop Mr Turton Mrs Turton Major Callendar and Mrs Callendar live on the hill They do not mix Mrs Moore and Adela Quested wish to see the real India But invisible walls exist This division is the first sign of cultural conflict The Bridge Party and the Trial Indian vs British Mr Turton is the Collector of Chandrapore He arranges a Bridge Party He says it will join East and West Aziz Hamidullah Mahmoud Ali and Nawab Bahadur attend Mrs Turton and Mrs Callendar are asked to welcome purdah women But the party fails Indians stand on one side English stands the other Mrs Moore and Adela Quested sincerely try to talk Adela s wish to see the real India But the City Magistrate Ronny Heaslop mocks He says The educated Indians will be no good to us if there s a row they don t matter This shows arrogance The clash grows in the trial Adela falsely accuses Aziz The English community unites against him Ronny Turton Mrs Turton Callendar and Mrs Callendar demand punishment Only Fielding supports him Indians like Hamidullah and Mahmoud Ali defend him The court becomes a battlefield of cultures The Marabar Caves Symbol of Misunderstanding The caves show confusion Inside the echo destroys meaning Forster writes The echo in a Marabar cave is entirely devoid of distinction all produce boum Adela feels fear She imagines Aziz attacked her Aziz is arrested Mrs Moore also feels broken The caves stand for the failure of communication They destroy trust between the English and the Indians They break Mrs Moore s spirit They ruin Aziz s hope The caves are the symbol of the East West conflict Hindu vs Muslim Conflict Forster also shows conflict inside India Dr Aziz feels closer to other Muslims like Hamidullah and Mahmoud Ali Professor Godbole is Hindu He is calm mystical and detached Aziz often mocks Hindus as unreliable He cannot understand Godbole s spirituality In Mau Hindus celebrate Krishna s festival Godbole joins with joy Aziz feels out of place as a Muslim This shows Hindus and Muslims do not fully unite India itself is divided by culture Collapse of Friendship At first friendship looks possible Aziz likes Mrs Moore She says in the mosque God is here He respects her Fielding also trusts Aziz He says to Adela Try seeing Indians But the caves and the trial ruin it Adela is disgraced Aziz loses faith He says India and England cannot be friends till India is free At the end Aziz and Fielding ride together but nature answers No not yet No not there The clash of cultures remains Friendship must wait for freedom Forster shows A Passage to India as a novel of cultural clash The main conflict is between the Indians and the British The hidden conflict is between Hindus and Muslims Aziz Mrs Moore Adela Fielding Ronny Turton Callendar Hamidullah Mahmoud Ali and Godbole all play roles Forster s message is clear under the Raj cultures clash not unite