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Introduction
Author’s Name: Arundhati Roy
Book’s Name: The God of Small Things
Genre: Domestic Fiction, Psychological Fiction
Language: English
About the Author
Arundhati Roy is an Indian novelist better known for her novel The God of Small Things (1997), which received the Man Booker Prize for Fiction in 1997 and went on to become one of the highest-selling books by a non-expat Indian author. Roy's international popularity rose after the release of The God of Small Things. She is also an environmentalist and a human rights campaigner.
Arundhati Roy is an Indian novelist better known for her novel The God of Small Things (1997), which received the Man Booker Prize for Fiction in 1997 and went on to become one of the highest-selling books by a non-expat Indian author. Roy's international popularity rose after the release of The God of Small Things. She is also an environmentalist and a human rights campaigner.
About the Book
Arundhati Roy's debut work, The God of Small Things, is her first book. It is a narrative about the childhood experiences of fraternal twins whose lives are turned upside down by the events of "Love Laws". The book looks into how minor things may have a big impact on people's behavior and life. The novel is particularly ironic in its portrayal of casteism, which is a prominent form of prejudice in India. In1997, it was awarded the Booker Prize.
Arundhati Roy's debut work, The God of Small Things, is her first book. It is a narrative about the childhood experiences of fraternal twins whose lives are turned upside down by the events of "Love Laws". The book looks into how minor things may have a big impact on people's behavior and life. The novel is particularly ironic in its portrayal of casteism, which is a prominent form of prejudice in India. In1997, it was awarded the Booker Prize.
Book Summary
The God of Small Things' events is presented in bits and pieces, primarily bouncing back and forth between scenes from 1969 and1993, with history sprinkled around. The narrative is set in Ayemenem, Kerala, India, and revolves around the rich, land-owning Syrian Christian Ipe family.
The God of Small Things' events is presented in bits and pieces, primarily bouncing back and forth between scenes from 1969 and1993, with history sprinkled around. The narrative is set in Ayemenem, Kerala, India, and revolves around the rich, land-owning Syrian Christian Ipe family.
The majority of the story takes place in1969, and it centers on Estha and Rahel, seven-year-old twins who live with their mother Ammu, uncle Chacko, great-aunt Baby Kochamma, and grandmother Mammachi.
Prior to1969, Mammachi was married to Pappachi, a Royal Entomologist who severely abused her. Pappachi has died and Mammachi has gone blind by 1969. The Meenachal River and her pickle factory, Paradise Pickles & Preserves, are located behind her residence.
Baby Kochamma is a furious, enraged old woman who had an unrequited love affair with an Irish missionary. Chacko studied at Oxford University and married Margaret Kochamma, an Englishwoman. Margaret left Chacko for a man called Joe after they had a daughter, Sophie Mol. Chacko returned to Ayemenem and assumed command of the pickle factory. To get away from Ayemenem, Ammu married Baba, but Baba ended out be an aggressive drunk.
Just after the twins were born, the couple split up, and Ammu returned to Ayemenem. The Communist Party is gaining control in Kerala's larger society, threatening to remove landowners like the Ipes. The Ipes live next door to an Untouchable (lower caste) family that includes Velutha, a young Chacko employee whom the twins admire.
Sophie Mol's visit to Ayemenem is at the core of the story. Chacko brings Margaret Kochamma to Ayemenem for the holidays after Joe dies in an accident. On their route to the airport, Estha, Rahel, Ammu, Chacko, and Baby Kochamma's vehicle gets caught by a Communist march.
Prior to1969, Mammachi was married to Pappachi, a Royal Entomologist who severely abused her. Pappachi has died and Mammachi has gone blind by 1969. The Meenachal River and her pickle factory, Paradise Pickles & Preserves, are located behind her residence.
Baby Kochamma is a furious, enraged old woman who had an unrequited love affair with an Irish missionary. Chacko studied at Oxford University and married Margaret Kochamma, an Englishwoman. Margaret left Chacko for a man called Joe after they had a daughter, Sophie Mol. Chacko returned to Ayemenem and assumed command of the pickle factory. To get away from Ayemenem, Ammu married Baba, but Baba ended out be an aggressive drunk.
Just after the twins were born, the couple split up, and Ammu returned to Ayemenem. The Communist Party is gaining control in Kerala's larger society, threatening to remove landowners like the Ipes. The Ipes live next door to an Untouchable (lower caste) family that includes Velutha, a young Chacko employee whom the twins admire.
Sophie Mol's visit to Ayemenem is at the core of the story. Chacko brings Margaret Kochamma to Ayemenem for the holidays after Joe dies in an accident. On their route to the airport, Estha, Rahel, Ammu, Chacko, and Baby Kochamma's vehicle gets caught by a Communist march.
The family then proceeds to watch The Sound of Music, when Estha is assaulted by a theatre seller known as the Orangedrink Lemondrink Man. Sophie and Margaret arrive the very next day, and the family returns to Ayemenem.
Estha is afraid the Orangedrink Man will come after him, so he and Rahel go in a boat and sail across the river to the "History House," the deserted house of an Englishman who "went native." There, the twins established a safe haven. Later, Ammu has a dream about Velutha, and the two of them meet by the river the very next night and also have sex. For the following two weeks, they will meet every night.
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Vella Paapen (Velutha's father) finally visits Mammachi and reveals his son's affair with Ammu. Ammu is locked in her chamber by Mammachi and Baby Kochamma, who cries that the twins are "millstones" around her neck. Sophie Mol joins the twins in their attempt to flee to the History House. Sophie Mol drowns as their boat spills over as they cross the river. The twins arrive at the beach and, scared, fall asleep in the History House, oblivious to the fact that Velutha is also present.
Velutha tried to rape Ammu and stole the children, according to Baby Kochamma, who rushes to the police station and tells Inspector Thomas Mathew. Six cops track down Velutha and violently beat him in front of Estha and Rahel. Mathew threatens to arrest Baby Kochamma if he discovers Velutha is innocent.
Terrified for her own safety, she persuades Estha to "rescue Ammu" by reporting Velutha's murder to the authorities. That night, Velutha dies in prison. Following Sophie Mol's burial, Baby Kochamma persuades Chacko to evict Ammu, and Ammu is compelled to "return" Estha to Baba.
For the next twenty-three years, the twins are separated, and Estha refuses to speak. Baba "returns" him to Ayemenem when he reaches the age of thirty-one. Meanwhile, Rahel is expelled from many schools, and Ammu passes away when Rahel is eleven years old. Rahel marries an American and moves to Boston, but when she learns that Estha is still alive, she divorces and returns to Ayemenem.
In 1993, the twins are reunited. Mammachi has passed away, and Baby Kochamma and the cook, Kochu Maria, spend the day watching television while the home crumbles around them. The History House has been renovated and is now a five-star hotel. Rahel and Estha (who is still silent) go through some old ornaments and journals and end up having sex to reinforce their bond.
THE END!
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Written By - Grasha Mittal
Written By - Grasha Mittal
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