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The railway worker is a Howrah Station employee who lives in a shack with other railway workers in the trainyard of Howrah Station. Though he initially seems kind when he “rescues” Saroo, gives him food and shelter, and promises to introduce him to a friend who will help, Saroo understands quickly that the railway worker and his friend mean to do him harm.
The Railway Worker Quotes in A Long Way Home
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4. Salvation
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Of course, I can't be sure what the railway worker's friend had planned or what happened to the children who were grabbed from the station that night I slept nearby, but I feel pretty certain that they faced greater horrors than I ever did.
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Get LitCharts A+The types of people who had tried to capture me when I was on the streets clearly didn't let walls and gates stop them...I know now that few are taken off the streets, and many of those who are have a lot of suffering ahead of them.
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The Railway Worker Quotes in A Long Way Home
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4. Salvation
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Of course, I can't be sure what the railway worker's friend had planned or what happened to the children who were grabbed from the station that night I slept nearby, but I feel pretty certain that they faced greater horrors than I ever did.
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Get LitCharts A+The types of people who had tried to capture me when I was on the streets clearly didn't let walls and gates stop them...I know now that few are taken off the streets, and many of those who are have a lot of suffering ahead of them.
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