What is a central idea of this story?
Mundra risks facing the unknown to escape her miserable existence. Mundra leaves her beloved family behind in pursuit of an independent life. Although she is strong, Mundra is eventually overwhelmed by the abuse of those around her. After many disappointments, Mundra abandons hope and accepts her situation. part B
Which quotation from the story best develops the response to Part A? “She knew not what might await her there, but, childlike, she had faith to believe that even unknown people would not treat a beggar more cruelly than she, a widow, had been treated by her own.”
“And at that time, less than one year before, she had gone to her husband's home a welcomed bride,…”
“The pain in her back almost made her cry out at times, but she restrained herself and lay still, unheeded, in the corner behind the mill,...”
“Down came the hot tongs a second time upon the tender, though dark, skin and Mundra fell in a faint beside the mill.”
