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Question
When the image says—‘Her illness was unfortunate. But because of it, she got the best of everything’
What is the nature of Manjula’s reply?
Solution
Manjula was highly defensive on her part after hearing “Her illness was unfortunate. But because of it, she got the best of everything.” She retaliated back by saying that Malini never demanded anything. However, we can trace a stench of insecurity in Manjula as she fumbles for words and ends up defining her sister as “the apple of their eye”.
She understood that her sister needed to be the priority to her parents but somehow couldn’t accept it fully. She even saw how she was “hungry for life” despite her limited resources and wondered whether she would have prospered had she received all that love and attention. Somewhere, Manjula is caught up in a comparative analysis between Malini and herself.
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