The Tannery

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    Outside influences can cause people to respond differently when they are first introduced. Many outside influences change the way Rukmani and her family lived. The weather was a outside influence that changed how Rukmani acted, and how her family was able to work. Kunthi was an outside influence that changed how Rukmani acted by her becoming more protective. Kenny is another due to his help with Rukmani and Ira’s capability to have kids, and sickness in her family. The tannery is one outside fluence that changed how Rukmani and her family lived, it caused them to leave their village and tore apart her family. The last outside influence was how people lived in the city and how Rukmani experienced living in the city. In Nectar in a Sieve,…

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    Typically when people experience rough times, they depend on their family members for assurance. Similar to rural 1950’s India, Ruku and Nathan’s family sticks together and that is how they make it through their rough times. Family unity is very important in times of hardship. Without family unity, Rukmani’s family would not have been able to deal with the issue of starving. They bind together for: the loss of Raja, the return of Irrawaddy, and the tannery coming to town. In Nectar in a…

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    Fig 1.7 Pollution Prevention Hierarchy 1.6Company back ground Colba leather & tannery is a private limited company established in January 2002 G.C. Processing Ethiopian hair sheep skins, Bati Genuine goat skins, and cow hides they offer crust and finished leather to local and foreign markets located on Mojo (Oromiya). Soaking capacity per day Sheep and goat skin 8000sqft Cow hides 500sqft. Colba have 297 workers in the Tannery of which skilled 42 and unskilled 149 workers. ( Source: LIDI,…

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    With the tannery being the first modern advancement from the British, it puts Rukmani and her family through much stress as it increases poverty among her family and the rest of India. The success of the tannery “spread like weeds in an untended garden”(Markandaya 131). This is metaphoric of imperialism as Rukmani compares the modern technology the British bring as “weeds”, giving it a negative connotation. The tannery essentially swallows up the land of many including Rukmani’s family as it…

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    Nectar In A Sieve Analysis

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    values. Many sufferings are caused by imperialism, as the British imperialize her village by building a tannery nearby her home. The book describes Rukmani’s negative feelings about imperialism and the character development of Rukmani throughout all this. The idea of imperialism is also seen in history around the 19th to 20th century. Europe, a highly modernized country, had…

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    One of the many themes in the story Nectar in a Sieve is the people’s reluctance to change. This theme is most well seen during the building of the tannery. The workers that built the tannery came in by the bullock cartload, and they quickly took over part of the village. The first time that the villagers resist change is when the foreman tells them to leave the worksite. Some of the men in the village refuse to give in to the demands of the outsider. Rukmani also makes it clear that she…

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    In Chapter 8, Rukmani describes how Muslims had formed their own society at the tannery. The men worked hard and the women stayed home to take care of the family. The women wore burkas. A burka is a covering worn by Muslim women that covers their entire body and shows very little of their faces. One day while Rukmani was taking some vegetables to the market she was asked by one of the Muslim women to come inside her home. The Muslim woman took off her veil to get a better look at the…

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    The British built tanneries in India in order to take the needed land from the innocent people. As the “storm” occupies the village of Rukmani it “[leaves a] disaster and desolation” the people struggle more for food, protection and survival (Markandaya 41). The storm that demolishes the town symbolizes the British storming into India and decimating the native’s livelihood. Even though the massive storm of Great Britain attacks the town, it mentions how “the [British] tannery stood, its brick…

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    Another important symbol in Nectar in Sieve is water, water for Rukmani and her family represents life. Water plays a vital role in conveying the inconsistency and uncertainty of life when it relies on agriculture. Lastly, one of the most important symbols is drums. The drums in the story are important because they appear whenever a large change is about to occur. For example, in the novel drums sound at the arrival of the tannery, and ring out from a small toy before Nathan’s passing.…

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    The tannery has been a nuisance to Rukmani from the start of its construction up until its final straw in which it causes Nathan and his wife to leave their village because the tannery officials are buying the land. She had always known the tannery would be their undoing, but she acknowledges that it cannot be responsible for every misfortune such as her sons’ departure to Ceylon for better wages or Raja’s death by the hands of the watchmen. It is a bitter acceptance as she replies to Nathan,…

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