![]() ![]() ![]() When Rahel spoke carelessly to Ammu, Ammu said it was those comments that made Ammu love Rahel a little less. It helps Estha decide to run away from home, which leads to Sophie Mol’s drowning and Velutha’s death.Īdditionally, Rahel is another character who’s life was dramatically impacted by a small cruelty. But this small cruelty stays with Estha for a long time. As the thought process begins to transpire the event is ingrained within him, “Back inside the hairoil darkness, Estha held his other hand care-fully (upwards, as though he was holding an imagined orange) (pg. After The Orangedrink Lemondrink Man molests Estha, the family leaves the theatre. The cruel act of Esthas molestation happened quickly and quietly and doesn’t initially take up much time in the book. ![]() For example, Estha’s molestation, Rahels questioning her mother’s love, and the incest at the end. But within all the events that transpire, the small events of cruelty are just as important as the small ones. In the book God of Small Things, by Arundhati Roy, adults are concerned about the “big things” in life, while the children only experience the “small things” in life. While there are many themes that one could make, the trauma that characters are involved in truly act as a basis for how the story plays out. ![]() In my opinion, the novel as a whole is striking to read in a long list of ways. ![]()
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