What Does The Hungry Tide Mean

The values and work ethic provided by the country create a connection and sense of place for its inhabitants. This sense of place cannot be discovered within the confines of the city. In the story The Hungry Tide, the reader is introduced to Kusum. The story shares her experiences in the city, and why she ultimately returns to the tide country. After the loss of her father, Kusum’s mother was desperate for help, so she enlists the help of a man called BLANK. The man takes her to the city, and Kusum is not reunited with her mother until later in time. When Kusum arrives in the city she finds out her mother has been a victim of prostitution. During her time in the city, Kusum meets a man and falls in love. The two work as BLANK, but after the death of her husband, Kusum realizes …show more content…
Also, she wishes to raise her son in the tide country instead of in the city, which is an interesting choice. A greater amount of people believes that an education from a city school would benefit Fokir greater than growing up in the tide country. However, as discussed earlier, the knowledge that Forkir learned within the tide country exceeds anything they would have learned in a classroom. Another example of discovering a sense of place is seen in Piya’s decision to return to Luisbari. Piya grew up in Seattle, Washington, and has spent years traveling around completing her graduate research. She arrives in Luisbari as a naive stranger who does not understand the tide country, besides what she has learned from books. Throughout the novel, Piya makes discoveries about her research, and about herself. At the conclusion of the novel, Nilima and others believed that Piya would leave Lusibara and never return. However, the reader learns that Piya has returned to Luisbari, and she tells Nilima, “for me, home is where the Oracle are, so there’s no reason why this couldn’t be it” (Ghosh,