the real India but walls exist This physical separation reflects political and cultural separation under the Raj Separation at the Bridge Party and the Trial Mr Turton Collector arranges a Bridge Party He says it will join East and West But it fails Indians stand on one side English stands on the other Adela mixes politely with Indian ladies at the Bridge Party Mrs Turton tells Adela You re superior to them anyway Don t forget that Ronny Heaslop City Magistrate mocks Indians He says The educated Indians will be no good to us if there s a row they don t matter Later Aziz is accused Adela imagines an assault in the caves At the trial the English side is with her Ronny Turton Callendar Mrs Turton and Mrs Callendar stand against Aziz Only Fielding supports him Indians like Hamidullah and Mahmoud Ali defend him The courtroom becomes a battlefield The trial widens the separation between rulers and ruled Separation in the Marabar Caves The Marabar Caves symbolize the separation of minds Inside the echo destroys all meaning Forster writes The echo in a Marabar cave is entirely devoid of distinction all produce boum Adela feels fear She thinks Aziz attacked her Mrs Moore also suffers The caves confuse and divide They separate Adela from Aziz They break Mrs Moore s spirit They destroy communication between East and West The caves are the strongest image of separation in the novel Separation Between Hindus and Muslims Forster also shows division inside India Aziz Hamidullah and Mahmoud Ali are Muslims They are proud and emotional Professor Godbole is Hindu He is calm mystical and detached Aziz sometimes 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 This shows that even without the British unity is difficult India is separated within itself by religion and culture Separation in Friendship and Ending At first friendship seems possible Aziz loves Mrs Moore She says in the mosque God is here He respects her deeply Fielding also trusts Aziz He says to Adela Try seeing Indians But trust is broken Mrs Moore dies on her way home 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 even nature refuses unity Forster writes No not yet No not there The novel closes with separation not friendship Forster shows separation everywhere in A Passage to India Chandrapore is divided The Bridge Party fails The caves confuse The trial deepens the gap Hindus and Muslims differ Friendship collapses Aziz Mrs Moore Adela Fielding Ronny Turton Callendar Hamidullah Mahmoud Ali and Godbole all face this reality Forster s message is clear under the Raj separation is stronger than unity