Next Section Glossary Previous Section The Rent Collector Summary How To Cite in MLA Format Anonymous 'The Rent Collector Characters'. The Rent Collector is about a family who lives in a waste dump called Stung Meanchey in Cambodia. Will review the submission and either publish your submission or provide feedback. You can help us out by revising, improving and updatingĪfter you claim a section you’ll have 24 hours to send in a draft. She is the “Rent Collector” who has a proclivity for “drinking cheap rice wine.” Besides, she is punitive when collecting rent from the underprivileged tenants. She values the dreams about her grandfather for they connote ‘good luck.’ Sopeap Sin When I first read the summary for this book, I was intrigued by the location of the story: the dump. ©2012 Camron Wright (P)2013 Shadow Mountain. It demonstrates that even in a dump in Cambodia - perhaps especially in a dump in Cambodia - everyone deserves a second chance. One day, Sang Ly learns the first of Sopeap's secrets which brings big changes to Sopeap, Sang Ly and her family. The Rent Collector is a story of hope, of one womans journey to save her son and another womans chance at redemption. He appears in Sang Ly’s dreams which dwell on Sang Ly’s childhood. The rent collector, Sopeap Sin, is a mean, drunk woman. Sang Ly, her husband Ki Lim, and their infant son Nisay live in Stung Meanchey, the largest municipal waste dump in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. He is frail, underdeveloped and has diarrhea each night. He is Sang and Ki’s sixteen-month old son. They reside at Stung Meanchey where he forages trash for sustenance.

She is the twenty-nine year old narrator who dwells in extreme, obstinate poverty. Written by people who wish to remain anonymous We are thankful for their contributions and encourage you to make your own. Life would be hard enough without the worry for. They make their living scavenging recyclables from the trash. These notes were contributed by members of the GradeSaver community. Survival for Ki Lim and Sang Ly is a daily battle at Stung Meanchey, the largest municipal waste dump in all of Cambodia.

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