The shelters at Stung Meanchey are built to protect the resting pickers from the sun.
Speaking of her clock, Sang Ly says, "Sometimes broken things deserve to be repaired." What might she be referring to more than the clock?Ħ. Sang Ly mentions that Lucky Fat has an "uncanny knack of finding money lost amongst the garbage." Do you suppose someone may have been helping him by placing money for him to find? If so, who?ĥ. Sang Ly says that living at the dump is a life where "the hope of tomorrow is traded to satisfy the hunger of today." How might this statement also apply to those with modern homes, late-model cars, plentiful food, and general material abundance?Ĥ. Sopeap calls resurfacing plots "perplexing" and then asks, "Is our DNA to blame for this inherent desire to hope? Is it simply another survival mechanism? Is that why we love Sarann or Cinderella? Or is there more to it?" How would you answer? What are possible explanations for the phenomenon?ģ. After reading Sarann (the Cambodian Cinderella), Sopeap and Sang Ly discuss how story plots repeat, reinforcing the same lessons. What role do you think luck plays in our lives? How does the idea of luck reconcile with the novel's epigraph, the quote from Buddha on the opening page?Ģ. In the opening pages of The Rent Collector, Sang Ly's grandfather promises that it will be a very lucky day.
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