Question

The motive of change appears once again in Nectar in a Sieve when _____

Answer 1

A motif within literature is a pattern that lends to the themes that may be found within a story, within a poem, or within a novel.  Within the novel _Nectar in a Sieve_ by Kamala Markandaya, there is a motif of change, and the motif of change exists when the family of Nathan is forced to move off the land because it was sold.