Essays on Small Things

One theme in ‘The God of Small Things’ is that of cultural relations and tensions. Examples of the interactions with the characters and their behavior help develop these issues. One evident cultural tension is that of the history relations of former colonizers and former subjects. India, in particular, has had a long history with its former colonial master, Britain. The relationship as seen behind left some considerable cultural conflict and tension. We can examine the effect of such a relationship and the aftermath of the reactions of the people involved. To understand the social, cultural dynamism of South Asia, ...

The current publication on the literature of post-colonialism presents a lot of history as well as defining the evolution of certain societies. Author’s concerned with postmodernism have tried to explain the origin of societal characteristics that never existed until after the colonial era. Much of this literature dwell on the assumption that the colonizers were entirely superior compared to the characteristics of the colonies. India, in this case, presents a perfect study scenario where the interaction between the colonizer – Britain – and the immediate society surfaces behavioral changes. Such literature is well presented in the Novel entitled, “God of ...

An Analysis of Disgrace and The God of Small Things

The novels Disgrace by renowned author John Maxwell Coetzee, and The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy, introduce several important concepts that play a crucial role in encouraging the readers to take a step back and reflect on themselves. Reading these novels go beyond the understanding of different facts of life that may have gone unnoticed or unattended amidst the people’s daily struggles. Through a few key characters that had the stories churning, the novels were able to tackle issues of sexuality, the morals and ethics attached to it, of getting old, of social isolation, of family ...