Consider this line from the story: they wailed so horrendously that she actually let down the bolt of the front door so that they burst out like seeds from a crackling, overripe pod into the veranda. what does desai mean when she says the children “burst like seeds” into the veranda? what does this description convey?

A pod is a shell that holds a plant's seeds (such as peas). When these pods become ripe, they burst open, releasing the seeds to the ground.

The comparison implies that the children were desperate to go outside, so that when the door was open, they burst out desperately and suddenly, just like the peas of a pod.

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i just dont know what you have it is not showing up on the screen