The sections that follow presents a contrastive picture of an uneducated, irresponsible, lazy and ignorant family, as obtained in the poem 'இருண்ட வீடு'! The housewife is lazy and indifferent. She is oblivious to the basic norms of hospitality and is least courteous! The scene presented describes how she performs her morning routine at home and how her brother, on a guest visit, has to go without food!