Hope and Fear the Twin Forces
In Nectar in a Sieve and All Quiet on the Western Front characters struggle between hope and fear for the future. In Nectar in a Sieve Rukmani sums up the two, "Hope, and fear. Twin forces that tugged at us first in one direction, and then another, and which was the stronger no one could say. Of the latter, we never spoke, but it was always with us. Fear, constant companion of the peasant," (Markandaya 14). As long as the main characters in Nectar in a Sieve and All Quiet on the Western front have hope for a happy future with loved ones they will survive at all costs.
Fear can make us do terrible things. Paul Baumer in All Quiet on the Western Front, enlists in World War I. Paul was driven by fear sometimes to kill the enemy and at other times to promise an enemy soldier he would take care of his children. When Paul was stuck in a foxhole overnight he killed an enemy soldier then promised himself that he would provide for the enemy soldier's children, if he survives the war, “This dead man is bound up with my life, therefore I must do everything, promise everything in order to save myself,”(Remarque 151). Rukmani is a mother and her first priority is her family. Rukmani is always preparing for the worst and sometimes the worst happens. Rukmani’s love for her family forces her to watch others starve. …show more content…
It was always a struggle for both Rukmani and Paul to survive so their fear of death sometimes drove them to harm their fellow man. Family, loved ones, and a promising future all contributed to the hope of both main characters and helped them forget any blood in their past. All of us our plagued with fears and filled with hopes but unlike Rukmani and Paul most of us don't need live a constant struggle to keep up our hope and channel our
In Nectar in a Sieve and All Quiet on the Western Front characters struggle between hope and fear for the future. In Nectar in a Sieve Rukmani sums up the two, "Hope, and fear. Twin forces that tugged at us first in one direction, and then another, and which was the stronger no one could say. Of the latter, we never spoke, but it was always with us. Fear, constant companion of the peasant," (Markandaya 14). As long as the main characters in Nectar in a Sieve and All Quiet on the Western front have hope for a happy future with loved ones they will survive at all costs.
Fear can make us do terrible things. Paul Baumer in All Quiet on the Western Front, enlists in World War I. Paul was driven by fear sometimes to kill the enemy and at other times to promise an enemy soldier he would take care of his children. When Paul was stuck in a foxhole overnight he killed an enemy soldier then promised himself that he would provide for the enemy soldier's children, if he survives the war, “This dead man is bound up with my life, therefore I must do everything, promise everything in order to save myself,”(Remarque 151). Rukmani is a mother and her first priority is her family. Rukmani is always preparing for the worst and sometimes the worst happens. Rukmani’s love for her family forces her to watch others starve. …show more content…
It was always a struggle for both Rukmani and Paul to survive so their fear of death sometimes drove them to harm their fellow man. Family, loved ones, and a promising future all contributed to the hope of both main characters and helped them forget any blood in their past. All of us our plagued with fears and filled with hopes but unlike Rukmani and Paul most of us don't need live a constant struggle to keep up our hope and channel our