Rukmani's life is filled with struggle, yet she remains resolutely optimistic about her future. Married off to a poor rice farmer at the age of 12, Rukmani struggles through loneliness, infertility, starvation, and great loss with persevering optimism. The novel's title, Nectar in a Sieve, refers to nectar, a sweet liquid, and a sieve, a device with meshes that allows liquid to pass through while trapping solids in the device. The title suggests Rukmani's ability to appreciate the short, sweet moments in life before they disappear. During the Deepavali celebration in Chapter 10, for example, Rukmani's family struggles to eat, yet she doles out precious pennies for the children to buy fireworks because "it is only once ... a memory." Similarly, at the end of the novel when she and Nathan have been saving to return to the village, she feels overcome with happiness while at the market with Puli. She buys fried pancakes instead of plain rice cakes and wooden toys for the children: "Well, if we are extravagant it is only once." No matter what suffering comes Rukmani's way, she maintains optimism that life can only get better. She tells Kenny, "Want is our companion from birth to death." Rather than wallow in what's lacking, Rukmani always chooses to look ahead: to the next meal, the next year, or the next harvest.
The answer will be C. She is conflicted about having her adventure.
<span>The answer is A. and C. They suggest death is a journey and death is not to be feared. If the answer is wrong I apologize. I'm going off of analyzing that the answers are bringing in new material about farming? How do death and farming come together. Hope A and C helped!
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Answer:
B. by explaining that the bicycle let women experience freedom as individuals
Explanation:
Text Evidence: "Now the bicycle brought a taste of independence to women on a very personal level"
Also, it's a repeated central idea: bicycles correlate with women's freedoms.
