Referring to the novel nectar in a sieve
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in at least one hundred words, describe the relationship between rukmani's and nathan's characters and how this relationship, in turn, to develop a theme.

Relationship between Nathan and Rukmani and the theme of 'Nectar in a Sieve.'

‘Nectar in a Sieve’ is a novel authored by Kamala Markandaya. This novel revolves around the story of a husband and wife, Nathan and Rukmani. Nathan works as a tenant farmer whereas Rukmani is a housewife.

The relationship the couple holds is that of love, care, and understanding. Nathan is a loving husband and Rukmani is an obedient wife. However their thinking differs in terms of the meaning of happiness.

The themes present in the novel revolves around the couple. The theme of poverty is depicted through the everyday reality of the main characters. The theme of love is shown between the husband and wife, the family love, and the love for children by the parents. Power is another major theme which depicts how powerless Nathan and Rukami are at the hands of circumstances.

the answer:

in the first part of the story running is all that matters to squeaky. running gives her confidence and defines who she is. at the beginning of the story she says that other kids call her mercury because she runs very fast. in the text she refers to herself as "miss quicksilver".

the line that provides the best evidence that squeaky has self-confidence is

" and i continue with my breathing exercise, strolling down broadway toward the ice cream man on 145th with not a care in the world cause i am miss quicksilver herself".

showing or having an insensitive and cruel disregard for others. (so basically being heartless)

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