TGOST Paper with comments
Injustice & Prejudice Social instability and class conflict in class systems all around the world is a timeless global issue. Arundhati Roy portrays this issue in India’s caste system, in her book The God of Small Things, which follows the story of two fraternal twins who reunite as young adults, after family tensions have kept them apart for many years. One of the characters that play an important role in the novel is Velutha, an untouchable who is in love with Ammu, the mother of the twins, and because of the Indian Love Laws, their love is forbidden. A key instance where the portrayal of this global issue is demonstrated is when Vellya Paapen, Velutha’s father, visits Mammachi, the twins’ grandmother, to apologize and beg for forgiveness after discovering his son’s affair with Ammu. In the entirety of the novel, the author uses the characterization of Baby Kochamma, the twins’ great aunt, to condemn this glob...