“The Disappearance” was written by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni. This short story contains a satire mood. In the short story “The Disappearance,” the narrator introduces a husband and his wife. The husband settles down and marries an Indian girl. On the outer shell, everything seems great until the wife vanishes. “The Disappearance” is an excellent representation of a story that contains an ironic tone. Divakaruni’s use of language reveals the physical abuse and controlling ways of an oblivious husband. In the short story “The Disappearance,” the husband ironically depicts himself as a “good husband” (Divakaruni 585). For instance, the narrator expresses that the husband “[grabs] her by the elbow and [pulls] her to the bed, like last night. He [is] always careful not to hurt her, he [prides] himself on that And he always [tells] himself [he will] stop if she really [begs] him, if she [cries]” (Divakaruni 586). This quote conveys an obvious contradiction of the true connotative meaning. The husband simply thinks of it as having sex with his wife because eventually “[the wife quits] struggling and [lets] him do what he [wants]” (Divakaruni 586). After all, “India hammers into the [conscious] of women that they [are] to be submissive to their husbands and that the [wife does not have the authority] to question her husband's unreasonable demands for sex [because] she is to be at [her husband’s] beck and call” (Paul 12). According to him “[this is] nothing new” (Divakaruni 586). However, the husband is actually forcing nonconsensual intercourse upon his wife. Meanwhile, this is only one of many incidents that transpire. Divakaruni’s use of words indirectly reveals the true significance of why the wife “disappears.” The husband is not only a rapist, but he is also possessive: “Once in a while, of course, [the husband will put] his foot down, like when she [wants] to get a job or go back to