“I know the sort of doctors it have in Trinidad…my mother used to say.’ They think nothing of killing two three people before breakfast.”
The mother’s distrust for the doctors indicates the rampant unprofessionalism among medics which would make a patient to seek the services of a masseur. Such doctors would not be trusted to cure patients for they are bound to make errors which would culminate in death.
“Mr Ramsumair made a lot of noise about sending his son to the ‘town college,’ and the week before the term began he took Ganesh all over the district showing him off to friends and acquaintances…The men begged him to study hard and help other people with his learning.”
Ganesh’s education is a privilege which warranties that he will be beneficial to his community considering that the men implore him to strive so that his education would be beneficial to other people. Accordingly, Ganesh’s education is a communal affair which offers hope for the community’s future.
