Nectar in a Sieve Literary Devices

Key Examples in Nectar in a Sieve

Explanation and Analysis:

Rukmani and Nathan's livelihood depends on their having children to help farm the land. Ironically, children also represent a significant financial strain on the couple:

In our sort of family it is as well to be the first-born: what resources there are, have later to be shared out in smaller and smaller portions. Ira had been fed well on milk and butter and rice; Arjun too, for he was the first boy. But or those who came after, there was less and less.

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With six children to feed we could no longer afford to eat all the vegetables we grew.

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Explanation and Analysis—Harvest After Loss:

In a bitterly ironic twist, Rukmani and her family are blessed with a bountiful grain harvest just after their youngest son, Kuti, dies of starvation:

When Kuti was gone—with a bland indifference that mocked our loss—the abundant grain grew ripe. It was the second crop of the year, sown on ground which had not been allowed to lie fallow, and so we did not think it would be other than meagre; but contrary to our expectations it was a very good harvest.

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Nectar in a Sieve: Situational Irony 2 key examples

Key Examples in Nectar in a Sieve