In this story, there were a few words I wasn't sure of. 1 of those words was leprosy. Leprosy is a skin disease that causes discoloration and lumps or possibly disfigurement and deformities.
I then thought about the differences between New Zealand and where this story is set. "Whoever's got the biggest fastest vehicle gets the right of way". 1 difference is that there are no formal roads.
Apriana Taylor may have wanted us to learn something about experiencing other cultures. It might be how different cultures can be.
Apriana Taylor was encouraging appreciating people from different cultures and what they go through.
"Unless you're a cow". That's a minor sentence. Most of the story of The Red Sari. The effect of this sentence is to imply the significance of cows in India. The text also mentions allusion by mentioning Kali, the goddess of destruction. This brings the world to life making it more immersive.
