Although Aisha the tomato girl is irritated Jillian, and tries steal her water, Jillian still decides to buy her tomatoes and attempt to give some water to help the poor water. Through this passage, the reader understands that Jillian is a person who is willing to help others and knowing how to control her emotions. Another example of her kindness and compassion is shown when Jillian realizes that her action makes Aisha feels dread, she plans to explain to Aisha. This is illustrated when the author writes," she tore outside, barefoot, to catch Aisha and make amends for her behavior two days earlier" (78). The reader is able to know that Jillian's behavior to Aisha makes Jillian feels ashamed. When she knows Aisha death for gets water, she feels guilty and anger about government. Overall, by the very specific characterization detail, the reader understands that the experience makes Jillian rage toward the Water Company and government.
Secondly, through description, the author conveys his second idea of that the government political has negative impact on an individual and the society because their corruption and inability. This is shown when the author writes, "The neighborhood cocks were insect were muted as thought the crickets were downcast by betrayal of the storm that came without rain"[75]. Here, the storm is compared to government; it is shown the government never takes action to deal with the problem for people. Also, the author uses the storm to symbolize inability of political. Just like the storm come without the rain, government seems to not ability to solve the problem. Furthermore, the government does not able to ease the drought crisis, but also has serious trend of corruption. The author emphasizes this point through this quotation, "She tried to make out the face on the bill, but the brown note was caked with grime-she wonder which of the country's leaders it was"(77).
