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Consider the role of dr. kenny in the novel. how does rukmani feel about him, and what theme is represented by their interactions?

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"Nectar in a sieve" is a novel by Kamala Makandaya published in 1954. The author had taken the name of her book from the poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge "Work Without Hope". The author is trying to grab the thoughts of her reader about the central idea of the novel, "the hopelessness".

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Rukmani is a youngest daughter of a village headman, and she ties-a-knot with Nathan, who is a tenant farmer. First meeting of Dr. Kenny and Rukmani was at Kenny's clinic. After having two beautiful daughters Rukmani was unable to conceive again and with a want to produce a son for her husband, she went to Dr. Kenny, who operated her barrreness. Kenny is a gruff man, who despise the poverty and backwardness of the village life. He is foreign doctor.

Kenny is compassionate towards Rukmani and her conditions and helps her whenever he can.

The truth is that Dr. Kenny and Rukmani share the relation of a doctor and patient. And Kenny is just compassionate towards her. And she is just the receiver of that compassion.

The theme represented by their interactions is of power of the knowledge. In the novel Rukmani once makes an statement to Kenny that he holds the power because he possess knowledge, and he must use it in right way.

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#1: what is the simile that occurs in lines 43-47 (below)? give exact words for just the simile. #2: explain what frost means by this comparison.

it's when i'm weary of considerations, and life is too much like a pathless wood where your face burns and tickles with the cobwebs broken across it, and one eye is weeping from a twig's having lashed across it open

answer to question #1: the simile that occurs in the text given (lines 43-47) is: ''life is too much like a pathless ''

explanation: a simile is a comparison of one thing with another thing and it is used to make a vivid description. it uses like or as. in the text, we can understand that the person is feeling weary of considerations and because of this, the person compares ''life'' to ''a pathless wood''.

answer to question #2: in this text we can understand that the word frost could mean anger, annoyance and bitterness, due to the fact that the person is stating that he/she is feeling weary of considerations and compares life to a pathless wood.

explanation: the word frost means coldness and something covered by ice crystals but looking at the comparison made in this text, we can understand that the word frost could mean anger, annoyance and bitterness, due to the fact that the person is stating that he/she is feeling weary of considerations therefore he/she compares life to a pathless wood.

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