Ifelt desperately sorry for them, deprived of the ordinary pleasures of knowing warm sun and cool breeze upon their flesh, of walking out light and free, or of mixing with men and working beside them. what does the passage tell you about rukmani’s character? rukmani values her freedom and her close connection with nature. rukmani is sad that they spend so much time in the schoolhouse and not enough time outside playing. rukmani is concerned that they will become sick from inhaling the fumes of the factory. none of the above