Rice Without Rain – Character Essay- Nedmanoon Angkulprasert ‘Rice Without
Rice Without Rain - Character Essay- Nedmanoon Angkulprasert 'Rice Without Rain' by Minfong Ho is an extremely realistic novel, which portrays the way of life for traditional East Asian communities.
Minfong Ho sets out through writing 'Rice Without Rain' "to understand what happened to the Thai student movement during 1973-76, why it succeeded, why it failed and how it affected Thai farmers.
In the book there are a lot significant characters, but none in my opinion are more important that Nedmanoon Angkulprasert, who we refer to as Ned. He is at the centre of Maekung's rebellious fight to prevent giving up a full half of their crop annually.
The novel is set in a small, rural, traditional, Thai village. Even though the story is set around the period of nineteen seventy the village has many modern features however it also has many traditional assets including their way of life. For example they don't have any machinery to do their work just the villagers.
The time in which the story is set reflects upon the question at the start. As it is set in the seventies there is no equality in that part of the world, so as a result the rich farmers who own the surrounding land ignore the poor villagers of Maekung.
Ned, in effect comes into the story at a later stage. He is brought into the book to lead the students and to guide the villagers on their way to keep most of the crop that they work for and deserve.
He is introduced in chapter two and from then on I think he plays a major role in the book. He comes across as a very witty person as he can always answer the question of the common villagers. He seems to be the leader of the group of students, and he is also the person who makes sure the travelling students have a place to stay.
After the first couple of days of Ned's arrival in Maekung, he is being looked up to by almost all of the villagers; nearly all of the towns' folk knew his name and respected him.
"But it is meant for you," " Ned said we'd be parasites
Minfong Ho sets out through writing 'Rice Without Rain' "to understand what happened to the Thai student movement during 1973-76, why it succeeded, why it failed and how it affected Thai farmers.
In the book there are a lot significant characters, but none in my opinion are more important that Nedmanoon Angkulprasert, who we refer to as Ned. He is at the centre of Maekung's rebellious fight to prevent giving up a full half of their crop annually.
The novel is set in a small, rural, traditional, Thai village. Even though the story is set around the period of nineteen seventy the village has many modern features however it also has many traditional assets including their way of life. For example they don't have any machinery to do their work just the villagers.
The time in which the story is set reflects upon the question at the start. As it is set in the seventies there is no equality in that part of the world, so as a result the rich farmers who own the surrounding land ignore the poor villagers of Maekung.
Ned, in effect comes into the story at a later stage. He is brought into the book to lead the students and to guide the villagers on their way to keep most of the crop that they work for and deserve.
He is introduced in chapter two and from then on I think he plays a major role in the book. He comes across as a very witty person as he can always answer the question of the common villagers. He seems to be the leader of the group of students, and he is also the person who makes sure the travelling students have a place to stay.
After the first couple of days of Ned's arrival in Maekung, he is being looked up to by almost all of the villagers; nearly all of the towns' folk knew his name and respected him.
"But it is meant for you," " Ned said we'd be parasites