First in thieexcerpt the person is asking a question in school but then the person sher or he is saying it to said at lunch time. And when she got of the bus she though her siblings were happy to see her but they really weren't because it turned out that they were either angry or sad because they were either selling all there stuff or moving! Hope this Helps!
Nectar in a Sieve is about the changing socioeconomic milieu of a village located in Southern India. The novel portrays virtues in action. There are instances of faith,love and hope in Rukmani's life yet the greatest theme is hope. Nature can test the hope of human yet in the end nature does not grant the ultimate victory.
Quindlen links the conclusion to the introduction of her essay with the words "like many improbable ideas, when it works, it's a wonder", which is very close to her claim in the overall text, "America is an Improbable idea", it isn't supposed to work but it does despite all of the differences, specifically racial or ethnic, within it.
