Bridge Party Mrs Turton tells Adela You re superior to them anyway Don t forget that This shows their belief in racial superiority The Anglo-Indian community separates itself from the city and from its people Arrogance and Rudeness Forster shows arrogance in daily life Major Callendar orders Aziz rudely to come When Aziz arrives Callendar is not there Mrs Callendar and Mrs Lesley take Aziz s tonga two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage without permission They insult him openly At the club the English gossip about Indians Mrs Turton and Mrs Callendar insult purdah women at the Bridge Party They show no respect for Indian customs This arrogance creates hostility The Anglo-Indian community sees Indians as inferior not as equals The Bridge Party False Goodwill Mr Turton the Collector arranges a Bridge Party He says it will connect East and West Nawab Bahadur Aziz Hamidullah and Mahmoud Ali attend Mrs Turton and Mrs Callendar are asked to welcome Indian ladies But the party fails Indians stand on one side The English stand on the other Ronny Heaslop mocks Adela s wish to see India He says The educated Indians will be no good to us if there s a row they don t matter The Bridge Party becomes a symbol of false goodwill The Anglo-Indian community shows only pride and distance The Trial of Aziz Collective Prejudice The trial shows the true face of the Anglo-Indian community Adela Quested imagines that Aziz attacked her in the Marabar Caves The English unite against him Ronny Turton Mrs Turton Major Callendar and Mrs Callendar treat Aziz as guilty from the start Forster writes that they were Sinking themselves in their community They forget personal judgment They defend race against race Only Fielding supports Aziz Mrs Moore also knows the truth but is too weak to do something The trial shows prejudice not justice Fear and Insecurity of the Raj Forster also shows the fear inside the Anglo-Indian community They feel surrounded by Indians They trust only their own group They see every Indian as a threat Ronny believes strict rule is the only way Turton and Callendar think kindness is weakness Mrs Turton tells Adela to keep her superiority This insecurity explains their arrogance Their fear of losing power makes them cruel Forster shows the Anglo-Indians as rulers who are not confident but frightened Forster s picture of the Anglo-Indian community in Chandrapore is critical They live apart in the civil station They show arrogance and prejudice Their Bridge Party fails Their trial of Aziz exposes collective injustice Their pride hides their fear Ronny Turton Mrs Turton Callendar and Mrs Callendar represent this community Forster s message is clear the Anglo-Indians create division not unity in India