Is discovery always a good thing? Humanity’s interest in unknown world has been universal and enduring. Accompany with human development, discovery the unknown world has become more and more important to human life. Some people think discovery is a good thing. They will tell you how X-ray used by medical professionals to help diagnose and treat a wide range of medical problems. They will also tell you what a mass your life will be if Benjamin Franklin did not discovered electricity. But other argue…
BUSI 3310 – Individual Assignment Topic 8 – Question 1 Is conformity to group norms a good or bad thing? Conformity is a type of social influence involving a change in belief or behavior in order to fit in with a group. Conformity is inherent in our everyday lives and can occur when we are with others or when we are alone. For example, many of us follow social standards for eating when we are with a group and when we are alone. Conformity occurs when individuals yield to group pressures or…
One of the few things that Americans can agree on is progress, it moves us forward, fuels the economy, creates opportunity, and is always I good sign for the future. But not for everyone. There is a dark side to progress, one that is usually swept under the rug in the modern world, but in early America it was much harder to just ignore the exploited paying for the progress they would most likely not enjoy. As a concept progress brought people together in spirit, but in reality stratified the society…
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 that the underlying…
Incarceration Rate: Is It Such a Good Thing Annotated Bibliography Clear, Todd R. Imprisoning communities: How Mass Incarceration Makes Disadvantaged Neighborhoods Worse. New York: Oxford University Press, 2007. Print. This book written by Bert Todd R. Clear, a distinguished Professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, was published in 2007 at the Oxford University Press being a summary of a number of sources. Clear is an accredited source because he is the founding editor of the journal…
so badly behaved and they were so completely empty of grace. (Of course, I now see that good behaviour is the proper posture of the weak, of children)" (Kincaid 30). In A Small Place, Jamaica Kincaid states that the Antiguans believed that the English were terrible because of their manners and behavior. She follows that the good behavior of the Antiguans is actually a sign of weakness. Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart also portrays a struggle between two cultures. Okonkwo tries to act against…
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. When reading “The God of Small Things” by…
Child Workforce helps struggling parents with paying bills and earning a little extra cash for food or needs to survive. Child labor is a good thing because it helps families that need the money to get out of their debt and need it for everyday life. Children have been known for helping their parents by doing chores, small favors and in an out house work. Children work similar like parents and get paid by wages and by the hour, some people pay minimum wage and others pay what the job…
The short story, "A Small, Good Thing" by Raymond Carver tells of two American parents dealing with their son's hospitalization and death as the result of a hit-and-run car accident. The insensitive actions of their local baker add to their anger and confusion, yet by the end of the story, leave them with a sense of optimism and strength. With such content, Carver runs the risk of coming across as sentimental; however, this is not the case, and the anguish of the parents and their shock at the situation…
In Raymond Carver's 'The Bath' and rewritten version of the story entitled 'A Small, Good Thing', the author tells the same tale in different ways, and to different ends, creating variegated experiences for the reader. Both stories have the same central plot and a majority of details remain the same, but the effects that the stories have upon the reader is significantly different. The greatest character difference is found in the role of the Baker, and his interaction with the other characters…
God of Small Things? What other names and what divine and earthly attributes are associated with this god? What—or who—are the Small Things over which this god has dominion, and why do they merit their own god? Does Roy's God of Small Things share attributes with any members of the Hindu pantheon? Answer:Roy leads the readers to the small things in the big Indian society which is concerned with the caste system, political associations and social laws. Velutha is presented as the God of Small Things…
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…
Raymond Carver's A Small Good Thing Raymond Carver's "A Small Good Thing," a short story that has to do with the lack of interaction and empathy between the baker, Ann and Howard, the finale where the baker is startled to find out about the child's death, asks for mercy and presents them warm cinnamon rolls telling them that "Eating is a small, good thing in a time like this" and they are comforted, reveals particular significance of the title in terms of the story's theme. Also, Raymond Carver's…
where it becomes a serious concern. In adolescents, it is more normal to cry as the child may not understand or know what to do about a situation, leaving them flustered, agitated, sad, angry, or any negative emotion causing them to cry. With these things being said, when crying is understood to be the result of an underlying deep rooted issue, the next step is to understand the enforcer that is keeping the behavior of crying continuous and figure out exactly how to decrease it to the point of normality…
The God of Small Things Book Analysis Character: Esthappen, referred to as Estha, and Rahel are twins. Both are innocent children who are still learning their manners. When they grow up and separate, Rahel moves to America and gets married, and Estha leaves to go with Babu, their father who has left them. When he returns to Ayemenem, Rahel also returns because they have a special bond. Their mother is referred to as Ammu. She raises her children well with structure. Ammu has an affair with Velutha…
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…
The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy In The God of Small Things the twin’s mother, Ammu, breaks the laws that lay down ‘who should be loved, and how and how much’ when she has an affair with Velutha (an Untouchable). A relationship with an Untouchable is inconceivable in India, even today, as a woman would be expelled from her Caste if she were to carry out such an undignified act. Before this occurs Ammu is already frowned upon for being a divorced woman, a common view in Indian society…
Rhetorical Analysis: Too Much of a Good Thing “At least 25% of all Americans under age nineteen are overweight or obese, a figure that has doubled over the last 30 years.” says Greg Crister in his article titled “Too Much of a Good Thing” which appeared on July 22, 2001 in the Los Angeles Times. In his article, Crister uses three common rhetorical strategies, ethos, pathos, and logos, in an attempt to persuade his audience, anyone raising children or interested in children's health issues, of how…
Bad Things Happen to Good People When someone does something good, great, amazing; however it is said, a reward is expected. That’s just the way the human brain has been trained in many cultures. People think just that with every good deed that is done. Movies have taught us that the “bad guy” never wins and that a hero will always triumph in the end. Not so much in the real world. Religious views, daily decisions, and just pure coincidence, if you will, all influence the outcome of a good deed…
his speech, “Ask not what your country can do for you—but what you can do for your country” This one quote inspired many and motivated people to think about what they could do. The after affect, was that of the whole country beginning to do various things to help out. People would contribute to America by enlisting in the army (This was needed especially because the U.S. was going to go to war with Northern Vietnam), to keep the domino theory from happening. People not only joined the army, but the…
Although desire presents itself in many charged forms in The God of Small Things, we can view the plot of the narrative as a series of disrupted yet connected events that are propelled by, or a product of, individual resistance fuelled by a Desire to Transgress. This plot of individual resistance is represented through the female protagonist Ammu and her daughter Rahel, as a foil of her mother, and is most explicit in the ending of the novel, when they both commit sexual acts that violate the conditions…
driven by anger, power, and other serious mental issues. Chemical Castration is only going to cure their sex drive, not the issues that these people really have. If these issues are unsolved then these people are still going to want to do the same things over and over. Shouldn’t this tell us that this method is not as accurate as we think it is. There is no point in injecting a medicine into somebody when it doesn’t work like it is supposed to. It is said in an article that this procedure has only…
Critical Race Theory in The God of Small Things Sex and race are always useful and mentioned with intention in texts. In Arundhati Roy’s novel The God of Small Things there is a clear intention to the use of sex and race to keep and rid of the main key characters in the novel. The character or characters who engage in unlawful sexual acts are punished while unwanted or undesired race is purged. In this Indian society that worships England, Love Laws, and the Caste System race and sex creates intra-racial…
an argument for and against the good and evil in society with special reference to women. The novel throws light on some important things of life like how love is always associated with sadness, how a person’s childhood experiences affect his/her perspectives and whole life. The novel shows the ugly face of people and society as a whole, a vivid description of the black and sarcastic world especially with reference to women that dwells around us. The God of small thins highlights the position of…
popular boys wore Ralph Lauren T-shirts to school. High school students are teenagers who are developing their self-esteem; therefore, it is important to guide students to lead a confident life without caring too much about appearance and materialistic things. In every public school, lots of students try to follow the newest trends and brands by begging their parents to buy them expensive clothes. They also work too hard to earn money for buying clothes, rather than focus on schoolwork. Moreover, the cases…
Response to A God Of Small Things One of the main themes in Arundhati Roy's A God Of Small Things is discrimination in the caste system. Roy tells the story of the hardships faced by the Untouchables, the lowest caste in the caste system. Technically, the Untouchables are not even in the caste system because to put them in the same system as the other four castes would be offensive to the rest of them. Another theme in this novel is forbidden love. These two themes, discrimination in the caste system…
The short story A Small, Good Thing by Raymond Carver tells of two American parents dealing with their son's hospitalisation and death as the result of a hit-and-run car accident. The insensitive actions of their local baker add to their anger and confusion, yet by the end of the story, leave them with a sense of optimism and strength. With such content, Carver runs the risk of coming across as sentimental; however, this is not the case, and the anguish of the parents and their shock at the situation…
wretten by multani Social Realism in Arundhati Roy’s The God of Small Things Chapter-1 Introduction In this micro research, it is all about social realism in Arundhati Roy’s novel The God of Small Things. Here major aim is to work on social problems, that have come up in the contemporary India, found in this novel. It can be seen as one of the most powerful novels on a definite social problem, that of the oppression of the down trodden, also touching upon related problems. It problematizes the…
A. Good things about Solar Energy. Nowadays, they think about the economics to how become it rise. Here are some possible answers: If you invest properly in your solar power today and take advantage of Any grants and tax incentives, even if your electric Bill Do not Go up as they are forecast too, you will Get Your money back over time. Well, within the time of the equipment and sooner if there is a rate increase in the future. B. The sun has produce a tremendous resource…
"The Gods of Small Things," written by Arundhati Roy, tells the story about an Indian family, forbidden love, and horrors during the upbringing of twins Estha and Rahel. It is a sad but humorous story of a peculiar family in India, the West 's intrusion, and the caste systems terrifying regime. The family we follow is a family that is pretty well off. They own a small factory, Paradise Pickles and Preserves, where they have workers who are of lower caste. The twins Estha and Rahel have always felt…
sciences and history, various knowledge claims can be made and various Douglas 5 knowledge issues arise as a result of this approach. A skeptical approach can be both beneficial as well as negative. In the natural sciences taking a skeptical approach to things is a lot more common and beneficial, than taking a skeptical approach to history per say. Natural sciences employ the skeptical approach constantly because it is used to justify and solidify theories. Every time scientists take experiments and replicate…
inevitable in life and it provides challenges, which makes one fulfilled and energetic. In today’s era all things have developed with technical and scientific breakthroughs more rapidly than our expectations. This has become possible because of adapting new ideas and innovations. Our day to day lives have become very convenient; something or the other keeps changing and everyday some thing new keeps cropping up. Furthermore due to a demanding lifestyle the world needs to adapt to the fast pace and…
it seems these issues have become common discussion. This change of significance in how the audience responds and view texts that carry the notions of marginalization can be seen by Joseph Conrad’s ‘Heart of Darkness’ and Arundhati Roy’s ‘God of Small Things’. The two texts which come from completely two different time periods is evident to the way a message is carried on through many decades though having transformed and changed during times of social change. Through character development and cleverly…
“information rich” and the “information poor” groups. Moreover they believe that the giant multi-national companies (usually American) stand to benefit since the US has a dominant economic, cultural and military position in the global scheme of things. Their ownership of the media leads to controlling of distribution with profound consequences for other media forms. The growth in advertising financial services and audio maximization results in a range of poorer quality programming. Global media…
really good thing or it can be a bad thing. It really all depends on what you are conforming to, or how you are conforming. According to dictionary.reference.com conformity is the action in accord with prevailing social standards, attitudes, practices (2). Most people would say that conforming is bad, but if there is two sides to everything. If you are going to conform for the sake of the law then it is a good thing. Or if you conform to a specific religion then conforming is a really good thing. On…
From what I have read so far in the book, “The God of small Things,” there are many major themes that have captivated my attention. Those include “The Love Laws,” how the relationship between Chacko and Margaret got to the point of love, the blame and guilt between the characters, and of course “Communism.” Based on four these themes many things have gone wrong for the lives of the characters, especially with, “Blame and Guiltiness.” Love and rules (Love Laws), are constantly butting heads in the…
education difficulties in low performance public schools can be more successful in a charter school system due to new method of teaching and encouragement. One of the reasons we consider or support charter schools is there is good chance that it could be one the things that will improve student's education achievements. Lots parents believe that it has enormous potential to improve achievement. We have seen that the competition between industries brought enormous improvements, and thats what communities…
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. The boundaries are expressed in many ways; perversion, love, and lust. Each individual character has their own story to tell…
The author of The God of Small Things is, at the very outset it is clear, very keen on not being held up by the question of time. The novel is set in a timeless and, one dares suggest, spaceless dimension. The subtle irony in the introduction of the time element should not be missed. It all began with the arrival of Sophie Mol at Aymenen- that is, `for all practical purposes, in a hopelessly practical world'. Why should a writer who is basically pre-occupied with things other than purely practical…
Things are Not Always as They Seem with Good Country People "Why that looks like the nice dull young man that tried to sell me a Bible yesterday," Mrs. Hopewell said, squinting. "He must of been trying to sell them to the Negros back in there. He was so simple," she said, "but I guess the world would be better off if we were all that simple" (145). At the end of the story, Mrs. Hopewell considers Manley Pointer "simple." Little did she know that this "simple" man had just caused Hulga…
lives are actually controlled by the foreigners and theoretically, they are properties of the foreign ruler. I think that colonial rule will create inferiority complex among the colonized people. Evidences can be found in the book "The God of Small Things". The book is set in India. India was defeated by Britain many centuries ago and then became a British colony. During the colonial rule which lasted for more than a century, the British helped to develop India and hence, raise the living standard…
of SME´s In India, Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs), contribution to GDP exceeds 17% and over 40% to industrial production. MSMEs’ share of total exports is 40% and a large share of additional exports indirectly, through third parties, trading houses, etc. Traditionally, export sectors in which MSMEs operate in India have been Textiles and Garments, Leather products, Gems and jewelry and Handicrafts. MSMEs’ also have a large share of market in industrial goods segments like Electricals…
In The God of Small Things, Roy explores the idea of breaking boundaries by personifying the setting, focusing on everyday events, and manipulating the characters within society. The most predominant boundary in the novel remains the rigid social classes known as the caste system in Indian society. Roy gives each character a specific role to bring out the importance of the Love Laws, which set behavioral margins within the society. In chapter 1, Roy personifies the setting as the blurring of boundaries…
engineering, regulations need to be placed upon it as well as labels identifying organisms and food as genetically modified because consumers have the right to know what they are purchasing and eating. Not so long ago genetic modification was a thing of fiction, of mad scientists with crazy hair making monsters in laboratories powered by lightning. This is not true; genetic modification did take place is laboratories by scientists who might have had crazy hair, but it was a much safer than described…
Some people believe that watching TV does more good things to people than harmful things, but other people say that it does more harmful things to people than good things. The people who say that TV does more harmful things than good things are doctors who know about things that are good and bad in people’s health and the people who say that TV is good for you are the people who watch a lot of TV. Since doctors can help cure people and know what is good for people, this would mean that the doctors…
certain circumstances good people can, and will do evil things. There’s many examples of these occurrences throughout our very own history, such as the more recent Abu Ghraib incident. In “The Lucifer Effect” is a theory which tries to explain why these good people had committed such heinous deeds. The Milgram, and Stanford prison experiments provide us with empirical evidence supporting the Lucifer Effect. Zimbardo’s theories helps us to try and understand why people do the things that they do; particularly…
Velutha of Small Things The small, more trivial things in life are more often than not eschewed, and because of this they are left to find a safe haven in furtive localities similar to “History House” or the river. Being the watch keeper of these small things can be good as well as bad, as shown through Velutha’s ultimate fate. In the novel “The God of Small Things”, Arundhati Roy shows the minute details that fill her characters' lives and furnish the dwellings that cannot protect them. Not only…
Arundhati Roy’s novel The God of Small Things presents the reader with the realities of Marxism. Roy gives the reader an impression of three possible manifestations of the ideology, rather than presenting a biased reading for or against Marxism. Through Roy’s novel the reader comes to understand Marxism as it appears through Velutha, the oppressed worker, Chacko the Marxist-in-name only, and Comrade Pillai, the corrupt politician. Comrade Pillai epitomizes the idea of a corrupt politician. During…
School-Age Children Can Be a Good Thing Many parents find themselves standing on the sidelines of a baseball game or a soccer game very early on in their child’s life. Cheering away as they watch their child make their first goal or hit their first home run. This is just a small glimpse for parents into the world of sports and competition where their child is concerned. According to Tami Coyle, from Arundel Soccer Association, “Participating in sports can be a good thing if handled in a healthy…
many colonised countries. Postcolonial texts, as stated by Professor Hans Berten ,”studies the relationship of the coloniser and the colonised as well as the aftermath of the postcolonial country.” An example of such a discourse is ‘The God of Small Things’ , by Indian author Arundhati Roy which explores postcolonial India, during the 1960s through the lives fraternal twins, Rahel and Estha, and their family in Ayemenem, India . Another instance of allusion of British culture is from the twin’s…