Question: What role does the tannery, in Rukmani’s city, have throughout the book? Explain. Also, be sure to discuss what effect it had on the people. In almost every novel, there is at least one culprit or menace. He or she usually causes problems and in more exciting works, ends up murdering one of the protagonists. Hence, in the erratic novel Nectar in a Sieve, which is set in India during the early 1950’s, there has been a troublemaker, just hidden and extremely indirect in his actions. “What’s his name?” one might ask. The answer: the tannery. This corporation alone forces Rukmani and her husband Nathan off their land, takes away Rukmani’s sons, and ultimately, kills her husband. By being the culprit in the book, the tannery …show more content…
As the quote states, Rukmani’s hunch did come true and the tannery buys Rukmani and Nathan’s land. To the affect of this, Nathan and Rukmani decide to reside with their most successful son, or so they would think. Murugan mysteriously disappears and leaves the couple homeless. Living with no roof over his head, and eating miniscule portions, Nathan becomes horribly sick and ends up dying. It is important the reader connects Nathan’s death to the tannery buying his land. This quote shows the harsh conditions Rukmani and Nathan had to deal with to survive. “[Rukmani Narrates] We ate once a day and that was all: when the day for buying cloth to cover ourselves with, or a mat to lie on, or medicines for Nathan while he fevered, there would be nothing (Markandaya 175). All these sufferings and poverty are the effect of Nathan and Rukmani not being able to compensate for the loss of their land which was brought by the tannery. So, the tannery assumes the role of bully in this situation by killing the father of a family. This depicts how the tannery is the indirect murderer in Nectar in a Sieve, making it the antagonist. Although the tannery did murder Nathan and throw a family on the streets, the pioneer business did shed some light on the industrial side of India. For over 80 years, Great Britain colonized India. The novel’s time period is set up just after India gains its
“The Inconvenient Indian” speaks to a general audience and particularly to US and Canada. The book is organized into chapters and each chapter refers to a variety of themes. Some of these themes are history, culture, politics, and laws. By incorporating all these themes,
“Ida saw how boom and bust cycles swept through the dirty, oil-slick communities that dotted the country-side and witnessed the horrors of accidents-fires and explosions- that plagued the industry.” Rockefeller had a massive influence with his oil companies, but he let communities become dangerous and dirty in pursuit of wealth and power. Additionally, the railroads doubled the shipping rates but gave one of Rockefeller’s companies rebates, which was a menace to Ida’s father’s livelihood. These two factors led to India’s community destroying oil cars and having a revolution. Rockefeller took advantage of and inspired violence in a peaceful region.
Harvest depicts a black teenager, Angel who is socially discriminated because of her race. In the story, Evans represents unequal treatment people often get based on race. This clearly gives the idea of ongoing racism in our society. Evans tries to make readers aware that such discrimination could be the root to even more problems. She implies that racial discrimination is not necessary and should be put to a halt.
Imperialism takes place when a strong country takes over a weaker country. When this happens, it affects the imperialized country positively yet also negatively. When India was imperialized by Britain, the British rule represented some progress but mostly dominance. Britain helped build railroads and schools in India to try to modernize the country. However, Britain forced Indians to grow cash crops instead of food which later led India to a famine.
Many people believed that having imperialism in there nation would cease the subjective problems. As a very forceful supporter of imperialism, Cecil Rhodes stated “My cherished idea is a solution for the social problem... we colonial statesmen must acquire new lands to settle the surplus population to provide new markets for the goods produced in factories and mines. The empire as I have always said is a bread and butter question. If you want to avoid civil war, you must become imperialist. ” (doc 3) before I explain why imperialism was needed so badly, not only in Great Britain but Japan first I will explain the meaning. Google states that “a policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force.”
One question I have on the topic of Britain’s reign over India is why Indians were discriminated against. On page 42, a young British girl says to Vidya at the airport, “Don’t touch me, blackie! Look where you’re going, you crow!” On page 38 Vidya’s father scoffs sarcastically, “Only white people have the brains to be officers. We are too stupid, of course.” Why did Britain hate the citizens of the country they had taken over? Was it to keep them in line, to say if they dare go against them the discrimination would get worse? If the British thought the Indians were so horrible, why did they take over their country, take their resources and take volunteers to fight on their side of the war? It made no sense that Britain would occupy their country
When searching for first hand detailed information regarding the Indian slave trade, many authors attempt to include their own analysis on the circumstances these people lived and acted upon. In The Indian Slave
Abdul was raised by his parents to keep his head down and work hard so that he might escape poverty. He is merely a workhorse and “wasn't even sure that he had any moral judgements”. Despite these factors, Abdul does a mostly good job of remaining moral, besides trading with thieves, because he knows that a run-in with the law could spell disaster for his family. It is not until he meets The Master in the detention center that Abdul changes his motivation. The Master confronts the boys about their future and the horrors that await them if they do not conform their lives to society's image of goodness. Abdul hears, “Offer up your flesh, agree to be eaten by the eagles of the world, and justice will come to you in time”. This message is appealing to Abdul because of the happy ending the story promises. Since he has been raised to have a positive work ethic, he does not see any shortcuts because only hard work will carry him to success. He resolves to turn his life around and become one of the few boys who learns the lesson because he wants to and not just because he has to. On the other hand, Asha comes from a village so destitute that the slum is a more pleasant place to be. Asha has developed a very survival-focused view on life which unfortunately translates into her belief that “the ends justify the means”. This commonplace expression is exactly how corruption begins
The story by Abani is set in an African background. It may be unfair to render the people as backward automatically, but their decision to act arbitrarily and against the wishes of the elders speaks of weakness regarding civility. Like the villagers in Jackson’s story, the bloodthirsty mob carries out an illogical and crude act with no regard for the life of the man they perceive to be a thief in the hope that the children will learn a valuable lesson.
Readers can draw many conclusions about the state of Imperialism in India. First off, Orwell is working as a officer in British controlled Burma, so he has felt the brunt of the discontent of the locals. The author describes that he was an obvious target and was baited on more than one occasion. He then describes how Burmans would trip him on
Kim gives a vivid picture of the complexities in India under British rule. It shows the life of the bazaar mystics, of the natives, of the British military. There is a great deal of action and movement, for Kipling's vast canvas painted in full detail. The dialogue in the novel makes use of Indian phrases translated by the author, they give the flavor of native speech in India. They are also touches of the native behavior and shrewdness.
Impact of British Colonization Exposed in A Small Place, A Passage to India, and Robinson Crusoe
Transitions of place, time, and character are key to the storytelling in Salman Rushdie's “Midnight's Children” and Virginia Woolfe’s “Mrs. Dalloway”. Rushdie explores the History, Nationalism and Hybridism of the nation of India after they became independent of Great Britain. Woolfe comments heavily on English society more through her description of her characters, and the weaving of time and place is an effective way to telling the stories of her characters as we follow them through a single day. This essay will compare in three passages from “Midnight’s Children” the effectiveness of transitioning from place and time to the way Woolfe did so in “Mrs. Dalloway”. Furthermore, it will explore why each passage is a good demonstration of
In the novel, Nectar in a Sieve, the author, Kamala Markandaya creates various themes. One theme from the book is that tensions can be caused by modernization and industrial progress. This theme is highly prevalent throughout the story and broadens the reader’s outlook on modernization. Markandaya writes of a primitive village that is going through a severe change. Her ability to form a plethora of characters with different opinions, yet to share one main culture, helps highlight the tensions in the village.
E.M. Forster’s classic novel “A Passage to India” tells the story of a young doctor, Dr. Aziz, and his interactions with the British citizens who are residing in India during the time of the British Raj. Throughout the novel, the reader gets many different viewpoints on the people and the culture of India during this point in history. The reader sees through the eyes of the Indian people primarily through the character of Dr. Aziz, and the perceptions of the British through the characters of Mr. Fielding, Adela Quested, and Mrs. Moore. Through the different characters, and their differing viewpoints, the reader can see that Forster was creating a work that expressed a criticism that he held of the behavior of the British towards their Indian subjects.