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Village By The Sea Short Story

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Problems And Struggle To Remove Poverty Introduction In the novel “Village By The Sea” by Anita Desai, focus mainly on the social dynamics and it condition in which the children lives. The book deals with the rural life and the lower classes of society. Anita Desai criticizes the society not taking better care of those who are unable to care for themselves. It is incredibly hard to write a book about such deep topics as poverty and the hope of life, especially with children as main characters. It is a unique blend of description and a good story of hope, despair, poverty and how life can change with the simplest of things. In this novel we experience the impact of the modern technological development on a traditional community of fishermen and farmers at Thul. And also problems faced by in Indian villagers which can be noticed from two characters, Hari and Lila. From the novel we …show more content…

I would not say that it is a problem, but there are definitely advantages and disadvantages to urbanization. The advantages can be that the country will be more economically competitive as contrasted to other which are not so developed countries. It will also have more cleaner and more efficient manufacturing and will be more potential in controlling their resources. In addition, when the country is very developed, they will be very successful to safeguard themselves. When more people live in cities or upper class apartments, there will be more capacity for other development. More lenders will want to invest in the country and more tourists will want to come to the country, because of these factors. The disadvantages of urbanization are- the air quality of the area will certainly be affected, because of the smoke from the exhaust of vehicles and the pollutants from the factories. This may affect the health of the people living in the cities. The environment of the country may also be affected by the country's

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