Essays on Arundhati Roy

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 ...

Book Review on Arundhati Roy’s award-winning novel, God of Small Things

In the beginning, the family takes a drive to Cochin in order to pick Margaret Kochama and Sophie Mol from the airport and to watch The Sound of Magic. During the drive, we are able to learn about the political volatility in the area and how the Indian society is involved in the dictation of each person’s place in the society. Here, we are also able to know more about how the characters relate to each other and exactly how they interact with each other. The family drives in great anticipation of watching The Sound of Magic and of ...

Introduction

Terrorism are acts of violence that are committed by groups that perceive themselves as having been deceived by some eminent historical wrong. A terrorist group stage unforeseen attacks on civilian targets with the aim of sowing fear and perplexity. The groups normally do not have a formal connection with the government but it receives both moral and financial support from sympathetic governments.

Question 1

Arundhati Roy says that most of the terrorist attacks that have costed many lives and massive loss of property is sue to the war for power. Groups and governments are struggling to get power and the war against ...

Introduction:

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 ...