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The Setting: A poor community and African and Indian peoples who are suffering heavily from poverty and other issues
The main characters of "A Chip of Glass Ruby" by Nadine Gordimer are the narrator— a young South African man fascinated by the story of a Burmese immigrant named Muniamma, and Muniamma herself—a Burmese woman who becomes the narrator's housekeeper in Johannesburg. Their evolving relationship explores themes of identity, belonging, and cultural exchange.
In the short story "A Chip of Glass Ruby," Mrs. Bamjee spends her time and energy caring for her husband, working as a housemaid, practicing her faith through daily prayers, and engaging in acts of kindness towards others in her community. She is a compassionate and hardworking individual who finds purpose and fulfillment in helping those around her.
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The rubies used to create fissure-filled stones are generally of very low quality. This kind of ruby is usually made more porous with an acid treatment. Then it is heated with other materials that make glass when the ruby gets hot enough. The glass fills in pits in the ruby. Therefore, parts of the stone are ruby, but parts are actually glass. Whether you consider this ruby "real" is up to you since parts are ruby, but depending on the size of the fissures that are filled, a significant part of the stone can be glass. The stones can be pretty, but glass does not have the same properties or hardness of a ruby.
Chip,Olaf,Nate, and Ruby
a glass stick is called a rod. i don't know why, it just is. :) by ruby
Dorothy , The Main Character
The main character in the book "Ruby the Copycat" is Ruby. She admires her classmate Angela and mimics everything she does until she learns the value of being true to herself.
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