Nectar in a Sieve Analysis - 1222 Words

Ashley S. Dela Vià ±a English Nectar in a Sieve Novel Analysis K(What I know about the novel) | W(What I want to know about the novel) | L(What I learn from the novel) | Nectar in a Sieve is an Indian novel written by Kamala Markandaya. It is about a girl who was married at a young age to a farmer. And faced a lot of challenges throughout her life. | I want to know how the protagonist of the story will live her life as a wife. Also the struggles she will face and the things she would do and sacrifice in order to overcome her hardships in life. | Life is naturally hard and disastrous. We just have to learn how to face these disasters in order to succeed and survive. Giving up is not the solution to everything. Hope and perseverance†¦show more content†¦Rukmani is a very strong woman. She has undergone so many struggles but yet, she doesn’t lose hope. The novel has different themes: hunger as threat to dignity, knowledge as power, and importance of fertility. Hunger and poverty is a powerful enemy to someone. People will do everyt hing for fear of hunger, even sacrifice their dignity. Rukmani lost her sons because of hunger. Her elder sons seek new lives in other land; another son was killed for stealing, leaving Rukmani grieving. For fear of hunger her daughter turned to prostitution. She herself almost killed someone for thinking the last piece of their rice was being taken. In the novel, hunger and poverty breeds people who has no dignity. People with knowledge hold power. The tannery won against the workers because they have more knowledge. For Rukmani, white men have power and so she turned to Kenny. Kunthi uses her knowledge of Rukmani and Nathan’s secrets to exercise evil power. Puli’s knowledge of the city helped Rukmani and Nathan to look for their son. The commendable characters in the novel were the ones who apply their knowledge to good deeds. Importance of fertility is shown throughout the novel. Not just the fertility of women but also the fertility of the land. She sought the help of Kenny for fear of infertility and this caused Kunthi to blackmail her. Ira’s problems were also caused by her barrenness. She lost her husband for not being able toShow MoreRelatedLiterary Analysis : Nectar Of A Sieve1229 Words   |  5 PagesKamala Markandaya published â€Å"Nectar in a Sieve† in 1954 in attempts to enlighten the world about how hard it was to live a rural Indian life in that time period. She tells this story through Rukmani, a woman who was given away in marriage at the age of twelve to a poor tenant farmer that she had never met. Rukmani is very obedient to her husband as she helps him work in the unyielding fields and is a wonderful, caring mother to her seven children. The struggles that Markandaya highlights in her bookRead MoreAnalysis Of Nectar In A Sieve By Kamala Markandaya1205 Words   |  5 PagesMany people look at life as a walk in the park and we take for granted the things that come easy to us.Do we as humans ever stop and think a bout life without all the things we do have? In the story Nectar in a Sieve by Kamala Markandaya this is a true story that shows just how good some of us have it compared to others around the world. This story is placed somewhere in the 20th century this book is mainly about a mother and her children who have to fight for the things they do have and fight toRead MoreThe Theme of Alienation in Kamala Markandayas Fiction.2408 Words   |  10 Pagesdeath. Her five novels Nectar in a Sieve, Possession, A Handful of Rice, The Nowhere Man and Two Virgins projects the socio-psychological colour of air through this theme and the tragedy cause by it. A Handful of Rice and Nectar in a Sieve depict alienation caused by poverty and cruel treatment by British. Possession and The Nowhere Man present this theme in the form of biculturalism whereas in the Two Virgins alienation stems from the lure for modernization. Nectar in a Sieve, Markandaya’s firstRead MoreLiterature : A New Realm Of Understanding Of Human Nature And Behavior1761 Words   |  8 Pagesand reality being very narrow. The novel has a literary form is one of the most notable gifts of Britishers to India. A novel is a long narrative in literary prose. The origin of the English novel 1600-1740, combines historical analysis and readings of extraordinary analysis texts to receive the foundations of the dominant genre of the modern era now, on the fifteenth anniversary of its initial publication. The origin of novel written in the beginning of 1980 s created an important development in