Arundhati Roy’s The God of Small Things basically deals with the love affair of an untouchable and an upper-caste divorcee mother of two children as also with the exploitative nature of the upper caste people, including the policemen, the portrayal of children in the novel is so fascinating, so delightful, so captivating that it stays out as a single most powerful contribution of Arundhati Roy to the Indian writing in English. When she depicts the children, she does it as an insider, observing them
reap” is a familiar proverb we have all heard at one point in our lives (Roy 31). But is it true? Do we really get what we deserve? And if so, who then decides what is right and wrong? Who draws the line? Who sets the boundary? In Arundhati Roy’s The God of Small Things, most of the characters cross a moral boundary, we see boundaries that are accommodated, confronted and even shattered.
In Arundhati Roy’s, The God of Small Things, Baby Kochamma is a minor character that is portrayed as being greatly impacted by the injustices present in this novel. Her character is built upon the Big Things, such as the caste system and the Love Laws. She continuously demonstrates that she prioritizes image and social status over love and personality, which represent the Small Things. This presents her character as insecure with how she is viewed by others, and it influences her personality and
Comparing Arundhati Roy’s The God of Small Things and Chinua Archebe’s Things Fall Apart Literature is an amazing form of expression. A multitude of things can be said so in so many creative ways. Whether the story that is being told is true or fiction, the important thing is how it is told. The structure of a story is what gives it power, strength and the ability to move readers. Arundhati Roy and Chinua Achebe are two very talented authors who express their stories in two very different
Unique Cultures in Arundhati Roy’s The God of Small Things and Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart There are a variety of cultures in this world and each culture is unique. Usually when one was born and raised in a certain culture, that person may adapt to that culture for a period of time. It is sometimes difficult to look into someone else’s culture, and understand their culture. Sometimes one must keep an open mind, study the culture, or live in another culture to understand the culture
children alike lose perspective on their homeland and the struggles within their homeland. They become awe-struck by the development of the colonizers land, and as a result become confused with where their loyalties should lie. In Arundhati Roy’s novel “The God of Small Things”, the Kochamma family is a family of tragic situations and tragic people. Not all of their problems stem from colonization; in fact it is their own cultural traditions that lead to much of the tragedy; however it can be argued
The dominant idiom of Indian writing today is firmly entrenched in pain, anxiety of displacement, nostalgia, yearning to belong to roots, and so on. Arundhati Roy’s The God of Small Things and Kiran Desai’s The Inheritance of Loss are two such novels that explore the tragedy of man on several levels using different perspectives. Both the novels are about averted culture-clash tragedies, homogeneity vs. heterogeneity, and about Indian sensibilities. This paper attempts to examine the fictional projections
INDIAN ENGLISH NOVEL By: (DR.) Mrs. Amita Raj Gargey ex PRINCIPAL, DALEEP VALSEE PATIL ART SCIENCE AND COMMERCE COLLEGE PUNE MAHARASHTRA Arundhati Roy shot into fame on the merit of her very first novel, The God of Small Things. The joy of the novel is that it appeals equally to the head and the heart. From its mesmerizing opening sequence, it is clear that we are in the grip of a delicious new voice……a voice of breathtaking beauty which is unique in its freshness and beauty. The words and poetic
Emotional Alienation in Arundhati Roy’s GOD OF SMALL THINGS By R. Sherin Infantia S. Anugraha I. M.A. English , Holy Cross College Trichy Our society has created an identity for women since ancient days. Women are considered as an weaker sex and inferior to men. Though she plays a important role in her life, she is not found as an individual human being with all emotions and sufferings. She is supposed
This paper deals with the emotional alienation in Arundhati Roy’s The god of Small Things. Our society has created an identity for women since ancient days. Women are considered as a weaker sex and inferior to men. Though she plays an important role in her life, she is not found as an individual human being with all emotions and sufferings. She is supposed to live a life of dedication, surrendering and devotion. In Indian fiction, the women are modeled with the above qualities. Those qualities of