Ammu In The God Of Small Things Analysis

Amir’s mother, Sofia, dies in childbirth; Amir inherits her love of literature and probably her looks to some extent, but, her being dead, never receives any motherly love or guidance, which could have helped him out of the cowardly hole he later digs himself into. Amir’s father’s best friend and business partner, Rahim Khan, tries to give Amir the motherly love he clearly needs, fostering Amir’s love of writing and steadfastly standing up for him when Amir’s father, Baba, criticizes him, but Rahim Khan does not do enough to instill honesty, courage, and strength of conviction in young Amir. Amir’s best friend, Hassan, a servant a year younger than Amir, is everything Amir is not: athletic, brave, loyal, honest, and kind, inciting jealousy in Amir. Assef, a local bully, poses a real threat to Amir, hating Amir for the crime of befriending a Hazara (oppressed ethnic minority), but Amir is protected by Hassan, allowing young Amir to freeze and not stand up for himself in Assef’s presence. Last, but most importantly, is Amir’s father, Baba, and his views on Amir: he blames Amir for Sofia’s death,

She wanted her body back. It was hers” (Roy 211). In this passage, Estha and Rahel were cuddling with their mom and admiring her stretch marks, until Ammu got embarrassed and shrugged them off her. Firstly, the event with Ammu is a struggle since she is beginning to lack self confidence in herself as she is picking on her imperfections. This quote supports my theme because currently in the story Ammu has been through many struggles such as being abused by her husband, divorcing her husband, not having a home for her children etc. Every time Ammu just took the disrespect she got from society and never stood up for herself. Ammu never appreciated herself as the evidence shows, which also had an effect on her behaviour towards her children. In the last chapter when Estha and Rahel were not replying back to Margaret Kochamma, Ammu got very mad at them and was being very disrespectful, despite the fact that she could have dealt with it better (Roy 98). If Ammu as mentioned before stood up for herself and overcame the obstacles through her life, she could have had a better future where she is successful and able to support herself and her

As another character being a father-like figure to Aminata, Mamed is able to connect Aminata with the white world unlike any other character had before. Being both half white and half black himself, Mamed finds a connection to Aminata when she says a Muslim prayer, relating it to one his mother sang for him as a kid. This forms a connection between the two, and through this connection Aminata learns the basics of reading and writing English: “I was not planning to teach reading to anyone. But I have seen the brightness of your eyes.” (220). Through what Mamed sees in Aminata, he decides to provide her with the most important knowledge for survival, and without it many of her opportunities would have been missed. Similarly to Mamed, Sanu is another friend of Aminata’s who provides her with important experiences. As a fellow captive on the ship to the new world, Sanu is another strong female character who shows Aminata what it takes to demonstrate strength and courage. During the earlier parts of the novel, Aminata helped Sanu deliver her baby, to which Sanu said moments before giving birth, “I am ready now, child. If we live, I will name her Aminata. After you.” (70). The calmness and kindness Sanu shows is a sign of courage, and influences Aminata in a positive way before crossing the sea to America. It is through this influence, as well as the lessons from both Georgia and Mamed, that help prepare Aminata for the new world, giving her an advantage to her chances of

This paper attempts to examine the fictional projections of Indian girls, to see how they emerge in ideological terms. Their journeys from self-alienation to self-adjustment, their childhood struggles against the hypocrisies and monstrosities of the grown-up world, eventually demolishing the unjust male constructed citadels of power that hinder their progress- are the highlighted issues. The point of comparison between the two novels focused on here is the journey of Rahel in The God of Small Things and Sai in The Inheritance from a lonely childhood to a tragic adulthood passing through a struggle with the complex forces of patriarchal society. Both the novels portray the imaginativeness, inventiveness, independence, rebelliousness, wide-eyed wonder and innocence associated with these young girls.

An analogy has been drawn about how she was in the past and how is she now. She was a carefree person, demanding love in her life, wanting to take care of her children and become a house wife and now she works as a schoolteacher, has become a responsible person concerned about her husband and child, struggling for her son’s life, bearing tantrums of her sister-in-law and living in a small house in a small city. On the other hand, Komal, sister-in-law of Anjali is a character shown who seems to be frustrated from her life from the time she has lost her husband. The book has depicted another face of an Indian woman, who lives her entire life following the customs that the society has decided for a widow. Anjali tried to make her first marriage successful by taking care of small things like making her husband, his favorite cardamom chai and best of meals while Prakash’s second wife Indu was never concerned about any of his likings and gave priority to her own personal

The lives of the residents intertwine and range from comic (2 wives sharing one kitchen is bound to lead to bickering) to tragic (the undercurrent of Hindu-Muslim tensions is ever-present) to divine (a central theme of the novel is a beautiful visualisation of death and reincarnation).

The text It is about a wealthy pashtany boy amir and his servant's son Hassan who is hazara, both boys are around the same age and have grown up together, Hassan constantly despised by members of society as they believe he is a member of a lower chaste as a result he is constantly picked on by the pashtany boys and Aamir can not stand up for himself or hassen this eventually results in a major consequence but Aamir chooses to turn his back on hassen instead of fighting for him. throughout the text we are shown either Aamir trying to make a decision only to be influenced by society and as it turns out Aamir's father too faces the same conflict, at first Aamir's talks about friendship he mentions that father that while ali and his father have grown up together and have been companions since childhood his father never mentions ali as a friend “But in none of his stories did Baba ever refer to Ali as his friend. This is as a result of society where people don't accept people of a lower class to have any relationship with their master other than surviving providing service. This is repeated later when Aamir admits that he too has never regarded hassen as a friend either although they do almost everything together . This shows the impact of society on Aamir and his father as both are too afraid publicly acceft Ali and hassen as a part of their lives

Factors that contributed to the vulnerability of Amupanda were her sex as well as her age. Amupanda was very young when the event took place and had very little knowledge to what was really happening to her.

This clearly tells the readers how selfish and possessive Ammayya is. Futhermore, during the night, which Ammayya's room is submerged with filthy water. Ammayya thinks back her miserable life and now she is defiled by this filthy water. She totally loses all her hopes of living. She insists on staying in the house and refuses moving into Gopala's house.

Being the only male child in his father's family, Nhamo was the natural choice in whom Babamukuru's money would supply an education. He was to be the saviour of his family, their only hope of moving up, a fact that Nhamo reminded her of constantly. As time progressed, Tambu did not like the way her brother's education caused him to become embarrassed of his own family, and to despise the squalor in which they lived. His new life at Babamukuru's house at the mission had changed him, alienating him from her and his parents.

She is a well known and famous literary Indian author ,but not many facts arise about her personal life. There’s not much to work with her but she reveals just enough with her most famous novel, Nectar in a Sieve. We can tell that she is a religious Hindu that believes in forgiveness upon every

This essay focuses on the theme of forbidden love, The God of Small Things written by Arundhati Roy. This novel explores love and how love can’t be ignored when confronted with social boundaries. The novel examines how conventional society seeks to destroy true love as this novel is constantly connected to loss, death and sadness. This essay will explore the theme of forbidden love, by discussing and analysing Ammu and Velutha's love that is forbidden because of the ‘Love Laws’ in relation to the caste system which results in Velutha’s death. It is evident that forbidden love negatively impacts and influences other characters, such as Estha and Rahel, which results in Estha and Rahel’s incestuous encounter.

He is her guardian at the mission and because he provides for the whole family he demands to be even more respected than Tambu’s father did. As Tambu is the narrator of the novel one reads her thoughts and senses how important Babamukuru is for her. She knows she is depended on him and she would do anything not to lose her right to be educated. However, in his house she loses her rebellious spirit that once went to the city to sell the maize and she only follows his commands without complaining. Under his supervision her social status does not change as she is still growing up to be a good wife “because there is nothing that pleases parents more than to see their own children settled in their own families” (89) as Babamukuru says. So even the education is getting her ready for the marriage. Although she leaves the poverty of her village where she is predestined to cook and take care of the house in order to become a good wife, she only escapes to a higher level of the same social stratification where in addition she also gets the education that prepares her for her marriage role.

From second quoted line the cruelty of Orangedrink Lemondrink Man is reflected.Estha was sexually abused by Orangedrink Lemondrink Man. Estha's experience factors into the tragic events at the heart of the narrative. In order to safeguard the precious feelings of others, she failed to realize the feelings of her own children. This unfriendly rudeness made her son conceal the sexual abuse of the Orangedrink Lemondrink man. Even his twin Rahel could sense the unsmooth relation between Estha and the man that caused fever in him. Ammu failed to notice the evil desire behind his surprisingly sweetness with Estha.

The opening of the story begins with the return of Rahel to Ayemenem. Other significant scenes include the burial of Sophie and the case where the family members are reluctant to acknowledge Ammu and the twins. It is worth to note that during the time burial, Rahel had the view that Sophie was alive. Nonetheless, the events that unfold throughout the story can be defined as being based on the need to explain some themes. One of the themes relates to the position of the family. The author uses different concepts to develop Ammu at the beginning, in the middle, as well as at the end of the story. Some of the relationships that were explored by the author include the connections between brother and sister, grandparent and grandchild, and mother and child among other groups.