The God of Small Things

YUJIN HONG
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Plot
Initial Situation: The family drives to Cochin to see The Sound of Music and to pick up
Sophie Mol and Margaret Kochamma from the airport.
Conflict: Estha is molested; Rahel insults Ammu.
Complication: Rahel is convinced that Ammu doesn't love her. Estha is afraid the
Orangedrink Lemondrink Man will come for him. Estha thinks Two Thoughts.
Climax: Sophie Mol dies.
Suspense: Baby Kochamma goes to see Inspector Thomas Mathew and asks to talk to
Rahel and Estha.
Denouement: Ammu and Rahel say goodbye to Estha at the train station.
Conclusion: Estha and Rahel meet again 23 years later, when Baba sends Estha back
to Ayemenem.


Climax

Sophie Mol dies.
From the very beginning of the novel, Sophie Mol is going to die. It's
mentioned repeatedly and alluded to through different objects
and memories.
Is that when it finally happens, we can't really believe it. Our
reaction is sort of like Rahel and Estha's: the moment is startling but
quiet. Nothing big or dramatic happens in terms of how she dies;
what's big and dramatic is the way Rahel and Estha react, and,
likewise, the way we feel upon reading about it.

Conflicts (Inner)
Individual level: tragedies of Estha's family
When the Orange-drink Lemon-drink Man molests Estha in the lobby of the
movie theater, Estha is filled with two emotions: guilt and fear. He feels guilty
because he is convinced that he has done something wrong something
he can never confess or explain to anyone else. He's also fearful because
the Orangedrink Lemondrink Man knows where he lives he can come find
Estha whenever he wants.
Rahel, meanwhile, insults Ammu, who replies by telling Rahel that hurting
people's feelings makes them love you less. Rahel is terrified that Ammu has
already begun to love her less, and this fear affects the way Rahel behaves
and feels about herself throughout the novel.
Ammu
Velluta
Shpia Mol
Estha and Rahel
Main characters
The God of Small Things is set in the 1960's in Ayemenem, India
where they run by a caste system.
The book shows how the small things in life affect people's
behavior and their lives. A great childhood will give a child the
opportunity to enjoy and develop their life, meet other children,
play and explore, and most importantly, it shapes their
characteristics and personality in the future. We can find the loss of
childhood innocence through Estha.
Brief summary
Biography
Arundhati Roy
BirthNovember 21, 1961
WhereShillong, Meghalaya, India
EducationSchool of Planning
Architecture, New Delhi
AwardsBooker Prize, 1997
Currentlylives in New Dheli, India
Author