Nectar In The Sieve

Two Irish orphans, Molly and Kip, are looking for a job in England. They find work at an isolated manor, home of the Windsors. Molly prepares meals and cleans the house, while Kip, despite of his crippled leg, works outside on landscaping. Many people warned them of the manor and the surrounding

Later, towards the end the sheriff (Will Geer) and his deputies try to evict the families while some of the men went out hunting; the families that were watching the eviction called out for help and sometime later all of the men and women came together for this moment making the sheriff and his men give in to them halting the eviction causing the citizens to cheer for joy, and with the company out of ideas they decide it was time to negotiate with the miners now thus

“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 was a big factor that often plagued the working class immigrants. One of the main characters, Marija Berczynskas, goes through multiple jobs throughout the duration of The Jungle. Near the end of the story, once Jurgis returns to his family from his journey in the country, he finds out that Marija had gotten a job as a prostitute. She accepted the job to financially support what is left of the family and to allow Teta Elzbieta’s children to go to school. However, because Marija is addicted to dope and cannot stop, she is not able to leave prostitution. Once Teta Elzbieta’s brother, Jonas, disappears, two of

The feeling of fear and sadness is further portrayed by the crying of the village women, ". . . a woman's anguish pierced the still, early morning, followed by yet a duet of wails, and then a full chorus of cries." Clearly, these women intuitively or otherwise , know of wrenching torment awaiting the village. The somber mood continues with the procession of religious officials making their way to the same destination as the wailing women. In contrast, however, the religious principales have assumed a formation of some sort; "marching in six files, two abreast," ceremoniously fulfilling their obligation as if all hope had already eroded.

He remembered his shock at his parents’ passing. The words seemed unreal- yet here he was, with no money, no family, and no means to support himself or the farm where he’d grown up. Prematurely forced into manhood, he decided to sell his farm and looked for small work around the village as a servant, so that he would have a roof over his head and some food to sustain himself. However, most in the village were too poor to afford such luxuries, and those who had the money did not think much of paying a mere boy for work. He realized the money he had made from selling the farm was dwindling, and he moved out to the city in a desperate attempt to find more opportunities for

her younger brother Jonas, and her head strong mother are separated from their father and deported to

He tells her that he met Fletcher, a white man who hated slavery and he tells Caesar that he knows of a station where he could transport him. Before they leave Cora attempts to say goodbye without actually saying that she is leaving by complimenting her friend, Lovey, and having a meal with all the other Hob women. She also takes up all the yams from her garden and then meets Cesar by the cotton. They know that they only have about six hours before somebody notices their absence, so they start their journey off at a quick speed. When Cora and Cesar reach to this swamp, they hear a voice and realize its Lovey. They continued on their journey to meet Fletcher with Lovey and they become covered in mud insect bites and scratches. Right before they’re about to leave the swamp, a group of hog hunters, who had been alerted about their escape, tried to apprehend the three of them. During the hog hunters’ attempt at capturing all three of them, Lovey gets captured and is carried back to the Randall plantation. When Cora is tackled by a young boy, his touch reminds her of the night that she was raped so she smashes rock into his skull. They finally arrive at Fletcher‘s house and Cesar and Fletcher discussed their next steps in their journey to freedom and decide that Fletcher is going to drive them to the next station. At the next station, they meet Lumbly who will help them

The readers are first introduced to the Rudkus family and their friends through the wedding of Jurgis and Ona. A short while after their marriage, they are eager to begin work to pay off their wedding debt. The characters appear optimistic and have a firm belief in the American Dream. Luckily, both Ona and

Dillon wanted to continue hunting animals, but Owen forced Dillon to come with him. As they hike through mountains searching for gold Owen discovers something in the water and investigates it. He finds a gold nugget and runs into Dillon excited with hugs and kisses yelling we are gonna be rich! They continue to mine gold, but one day a group of white men under the control of a man named Dade discover what they are doing. Dade and the group of white men try to take the gold from the brothers and it sparks a battle. They ended up negotiating a deal, but Dade broke it by kidnaping Owen and killing Dillons wife. Then the story changes perspective and goes to Owen’s point of view. He was put as a prisoner for 5 years, but escaped and started getting revenge on Dade for all the pain he did to him. Dade decided to get a group to hunt down Owen and kill him. The story ended with Dillon, the Crows, and Owen reuniting and fighting Dades group. The brother and Crows end up winning the battle with their superior strategy. Unfortunately Owen was shot in the lungs and

R/s the children are always hungry, dirty, and stink. R/s the home is disgusting, you can smell the old and sour scent from the door. R/s Asia (mom) wears Rahlasia’s (10) clothes and underwear. R/s Rahlasia’s underwear has holes and the bottom of them are dirty. R/s Asia borrows clothes from other people for Bella (3) to wear. R/s Asia has too many children and she can’t take care of them. R/s they wash their clothes by hand. R/s Asia and her boyfriend, Samat fight a lot in front of the children.

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.

On multiple instances, we see Rukmani worried about what people will say and neighbors talking about others lives. For example, when Ira could not bear, she said that neighbors and other women talked about it and blamed her for it. I think it is a part of the everyday life in their village- everybody knows each other and

After putting a down payment on the new house, Mama gives the rest of the money to Walter and ultimately gives him the role of the man of the house and to step up to take care of the family. However, Walter goes against Mama and decides to follow through with his dream and invest the money in his potential liquor store business. Although, his plans fall through when Willy, one of the “investors” runs off with the money. Not only Walter, but his whole family lose the chance of a better life and are forced to start back up again. They no longer have the money to put Beneatha through medical school or the money to support themselves. Despite the backfall, the younger family keeps trying. Even though the road ahead may be difficult, the Younger family has each other to support one another and that’s all they need. By picking themselves back up after they have lost everything, it shows that they aren’t ones known to give up at the sight of defeat. They kept trying after they had lost everything because having nothing left to lose means that things can only get better from here on out.

Maureen and Mag are isolated because of their physical location and their relationship with each other. Maureen dreams of being free of her mother’s house and small town life in Leenane. She blames her mother and her sisters for her circumstances; however, she is faced with the hard truth that men don’t come to call. Farming towns like Leenane were previously communities built on supporting each other, but over time families grew more isolated from one and other, leaving people like Mag and Maureen without the help of friendly neighbours.