Essays on The God of 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, ...

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 ...

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Introduction The God of Small Things by Arundhuti Roy points out to the vices of a paternalistic caste system. The author explicitly explores the complicit Indian women and the oppressions that are meted out to her in this book. She points out intricacies related to the treatment of Indian women along with the lower class or Dalit families. Roy portrays the resistance to oppression in the Indian women by the characters of Rahel, Baby Kochamma, Mammachi and Ammu. The author shows that despite being resourceful and talented, the female characters are suppressed and oppressed. The female characters do not ...

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Discussion The reality of the matter is that gender discrimination has been a matter debated upon for too long with little action emanating from such debates. As a social phenomenon, gender discrimination has great sociological significance and concern. While this broadly reflects the discrimination of either gender, the discrimination against women and female children is particularly pervasive the world over. The novel The God of small things reminds the reader of this stark reality, and goes further to help one fathom the dynamics, intricacies and the inept results of the social vice. Gender discrimination takes many forms and manifests ...

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Indian society has several different facets and aspects and The God of Small Things is a novel with these aspects intertwined together. Although there are subtle references to the caste system and colonial imperialism, the novel is a remarkable tour de force in that it describes what Indians went through as they came to grips with ever changing social and economical realities. The novel actually shifts around in time and takes place in a town called Aymanam in what is now Kerala state. The setting shifts back from 1969 to 1993 where twins are reunited after a long absence from seeing each ...