All Chapters of Summary of the Village by the Sea

There are characters, which the migrants in the novel encounter, who take risks to help a person in poverty. At the beginning of the novel, Tom tells the driver of the red truck, "´ But sometimes a guy will be a good guy `" (11). Mae, who is unwilling to give a loaf of bread to the Joads, finds herself selling two pieces of candy for less than their value. The man at the register in the camp were the Joads were picking peaches lent Ma a dime. Ma needed sugar for Tom's request for coffee but was a dime short. The man was not allowed to lend money without a slip. " He looked pleadingly at her.   And then his face lost its fear. He took ten cents from his pocket and rang it up in the cash register." He took a risk of losing his job for Ma. The people that seem unwilling to help out usually have a good heart. They don't want to see the anguish and the pain these migrants have suffered. They want to help, but there is only so much a person can or is willing to do. The man who owned the gas station had lent gas to previous migrants who gave him dolls, furniture, and other utensils. The junk he got in exchange for

Jeannette and her siblings adapt to self- sufficiency from a young age, from being emotionally and physically neglected by their parents. The children don’t expect anything so they learn to work with what they have and what opportunities come their way. Jeannette saw the suffering of the family and took this leadership for the family guiding her sibling in the correct path.

Since the story uses a certain object, the Jacket, as the meaning of several issues, it primarily focuses on the narrator's poverty-stricken family. First of all, an example of the poverty is demonstrated when the narrator complains that the jacket "was so ugly and big that I knew I'd have to wear it a long time"(paragraph 3). It is clear that his lack of money was a problem in which he

Both Mae and Lloyd suffer from poverty. However, Lloyd is careless; he mindlessly looks after their pig and farms the land. He is highly dependent on Mae; besides, he is satisfied with his own status. On the other hand, Mae toils in ironing clothes in order to support herself and Lloyd; she is the sole breadwinner of the family. Additionally, she prepares food. Mae is unsatisfied with her own conditions; she yearns to improve herself and her life, and plans to escape from the sexual and economic exploitation of Lloyd. She is aware that her aspirations can be achieved through education. Consequently, she attends literacy classes at a school; she as Mala Renganathan expresses it, ' 'dreams of educating herself and making herself literate ' ' (2010, 8).

In the Heart of the Sea is the name of this magnificent book where in the first chapter, Nathaniel Philbrick tries to show us a place where the principal job is being part of the whaling industry. This chapter is the beginning of history, the beginning of tragedy, the one that occurred in the whaleship, Essex.

“Ona’s heart sank for the house was not as it was shown in the picture; the color scheme was different, for one thing and then it did not seem quite as big”(p.35). Jurgis and his family purchased a house thinking it was going to be big and brand new, but turns out it was an old small house that someone has already lived in it. Jurgis’ family also had to work, including the women and children, just so they can pay the rent. The main issue was that the working conditions were terrible for their family. For example, the children would sometimes have to walk around in the cold snow just to sell newspapers and the women would sometimes have their entire factories shut down and lose their jobs. The factories closing did not only affect Jurgis’ family, but also every other worker who worked for that factory.

Poverty is a prevailing aspect in the novel because it shows the hardships of the characters and attracts the readers. It also gives more harsh detail into what life was like for migrant farm workers. George and Lennie, the two main characters in the novel, are very impoverished and struggle wi getting o bas necessities s such as food, water, and clothing. Instead of

In the first few pages of Chapter Three, Kingsolver talks about heirloom vegetables and says “these titles stand for real stories.” What is meant by the title is heirloom plants give off seeds that end up being saved and used for many generations (112). Those seeds have history behind them; family stories that span over several years. For example, on page 144 Kingsolver talked about this heirloom seed exchange in Iowa where one of the founders’ grandfather left a pink tomato plant that his parents brought from Bavaria in the 1870s. The seeds are comparable to a family heirloom. Both get handed down from generation to generation and have a story of what the meaning of the object is and how it all got started.

They lived in a shack with one room and a kitchen. Their daily diet consisted of dried beans and biscuits because they couldn’t afford meat. When Anne started school her mother could not afford to buy clothes so Anne wore the same outfits 2-3 times a week. As Anne grew up she wanted to help relieve some of the family’s financial burdens so she got small jobs to help out. Soon Anne was making as much as her mother.

The first thing learned is that poverty is a way of life for these children. Although they know they are poor, it doesn't bother them because everyone there is poor. It's okay to be without when there isn't any competition. An example of this is seen when the children talk of their study areas at home. Only one of them actually have a desk and paper, and the others think nothing of it. Instead they tell her to shut up about it. The children are proud of themselves and of their life.

Ntleko had a rather humble beginning. She grew up without much money in a community where education for young girls was not common or deemed necessary. Young girls were raised caring for the household and were expected to be married off at a young age to do the exact same thing for the rest of their lives. Her father had the same mindset, and it took years and a meeting with the community chief for him to allow her to enter the first grade at age 14. Because Ntleko’s mother was no longer with her, members of the village would often visit her and help her with things she needed. Mrs. Mckechnie was one of them who made a lasting impact on Abegail. She encouraged her to get education, and that is what she went on to do. After elementary school, she could no longer afford the requirements, so she ran away to work for a family, and it wasn’t until she had enough money saved up to afford schooling that she returned home. With the help of Mrs. Mckechnie, she was able to complete high school and even nursing school.

However, when their mother came through the door and told them of a hungry family, the 4 women did not hesitate in giving away their luscious breakfast to those in need. The children delivered the food to the family and “a poor, bare, miserable room it was, with broken windows, no fire, ragged bedclothes, a sick mother, wailing baby, and a group of pale, hungry children cuddled under one old quilt, trying to keep warm”(24). The sisters realize what a harsh environment they live in, and because the setting is so pessimistic, they try to share the little wealth they have so that everyone may live long full lives. The setting in which they live, houses many people who have even less wealth than their own family. However, because of this dreadful place, they try and make sure that their community, or their family, is taken care of, even at the expense of their luxuries.

Instead these two poor girls are from a mother, who is a washerwoman, and they do not know who and where their father is but rumor is that the father is in jail. So ideally the mothers of the children of middle minds with adult matters, children start thinking like adults.

Before going into the store, Miss. Moore tells the kids that they should first just look in the window before going in. Sugar, one of the kids, asks if they can steal as if it were really an option. Peering thru the window the kids began to see the cultural difference in where they were from and the kids who must shop here. There was no way they could ever afford any of this stuff, and they knew they did not belong. Miss. Moore was explaining what things were, how they worked, and how much they are in comparison to things like allowances. Some of the things the kids see, they see useless and it has to be explained why anyone would need such a thing, such as the paperweight. Then the kids saw it, the sail boat that the kids saw in the window that was way too expensive for any of them to ever own, one kid even recollected getting spanked for sinking a boat that cost one dollar and this sail boat cost one thousand one hundred ninety-five dollars. The kids were truly amazed by this. Sylvia was so confused that she thought that a real yacht would cost about one thousand dollars.

Romesh Gunesekera; the author of the novel Reef (1994), begins the story with a young boy by the name of Triton, entering Mr Salgado’s household as a “Kolla”, meaning boy, and starting to become weary of himself and his own capabilities. Throughout the novel, Triton faces certain hardships, but quickly learns to overcome them as he begins to develop a sense of responsibility and independence within the household. Mr Salgado becomes the “centre of Triton’s world” and he is someone that Triton looks up to and wants to become. However, everything changes when Miss Nili becomes the central aspect of Mr Salgado’s life and changes the relationships within the household, allowing Triton to see things from a new perspective. Throughout the novel we see how Triton plays the role of an Outsider as well as Insider within the home and how he starts becoming very observant with regards to Miss Nili. In this essay I will discuss how Triton’s role in Mister Salgado’s household alters and becomes a turning point in the novel.