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I think it may mean that not only is being poor and hungry horrible, but also being starved of love and and people who care about you can be just as miserable-probably even worse.
Like imagine if you were a pretty rich guy but everybody hated you and your parents passed away years ago. You'd probably feel pretty miserable.
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My neighbor is nice and sweet for feeding my cows.I am so thankful that he did that when i was not there so my cows can have food, i appreciate hos work.
This passage best address the next goal:
The goal of explaining to readers how Indians were taken advantage of.
In this passage, the author tell us about how the Indians were hungry, desperate people in need for a job to do. But when Barath tells: "He did not tell me I was going to Trinidad, you know. He didn't tell me I would never come back, or never see my mother and father again." he talks about that the arkatis lied to him, and took him almost kidnapped.
