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What are the names of the two parts of The Hungry Tide, and what do the Bengali words in them mean?
Think of the tide going out and then coming back.
Which two outsiders does Part One follow, and what does each of them do for a living?
One works with words and the other works with animals and the water.
Who wrote The Hungry Tide?
He is also the author of other novels about India and the sea.
What do the words Bhata and Jowar mean in the titles of the novel's two parts?
They name the two movements of the tide.
Write a paragraph of about 130 words on how the Sundarbans setting shapes the lives and actions of the characters in Part One.
Cover movement and the tides, the testing of assumptions, and history.
Link each of the five themes of Part One to a character or situation from this lesson.
Use one character or situation for each theme.
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