Resumo de God Of Small Things

God of Small Things could be said as one of the most important contemporary novels. Winner of 1997 Booker Prize and written by Indian writer Arundhati Roy this book is presented with an innovative narration that mixes with magical realism. The narration reminds the renowned American novelist and short-story writer William Faulkner. Set in Kerala, a small state situated in South-India, the story revolves around the disaster of a Syrian Christian family and at the same time brings some then political issues of a developing Kerala. The novel brings into focus the bridge of difference built between the higher castes and the Paravans - the lower castes of Kerala. The main characters are Ammu - a divorced wife, Rahel and Estha - her two-egg twins, Mammachi - Ammu's mother, Pappachi - her father, Chacko - her brother, Velutha - a paravan worker, Margaret Kochamma - Chacko's divorced wife, Baby Kochamma - Ammu's grand-aunt and Sophie Mol - Chacko's daughter. Ammu after divorcing from her husband who was an addicted drinker comes with her two children to Ayemenem in Kerala to live with her family. Her brother Chacko invites his divorced wife with his daughter to Kerala after her second husband's death. The whole family (Ammu, Baby Kochamma, Rahel and Estha) travels to Cochin to bring them. On the eve of their arrival, they visits a theatre to see then running movie The Sound of Music. During this Estha - the male one of the twins - was sexually assualted by an elderly man. He didn't report about this to his mother and keeps quiet. Then, they brings Margaret Kochamma and Sophie Mol to the Ayemenem House. Afterwards, Ammu became attracted to the Paravan worker - Velutha and falls in love with him. Durinfg this, the children - Rahel, Estha and Sophie Mol - is plotting to go on a boat journey to teach their family about their value. But during the boat journey, the boat collapeses and the Sophie Mol disappears. Then the search for the children begins. Then Vellya Paapen - the father of Velutha - reports in dumb loyalty to the Ayemenm family that his son and Ammu has serious sexual relationship with each other. This triggers the beginning of the tragedy. The family gives a false statement to the police that Velutha had abducted Ammu. The police kills Velutha. Afterwards, an enraged Chacko saddened by the death of his daughter and angered by his sister Ammu and her children as well for their part in his loss orders them to go out of the house. So Amuu seeks a job for keeping her family with her loss of her dear lover Velutha. But she passes off in a hotel room. Estha was sent back to his father and Rahel was kept in kerala. Estha was mentally broke down by the sexual abuse and Rahel emigrates to America and marries a man, but divorces after a short period. She returns to Kerala to see her broken down brother who was sent by his father to Kerala. She falls in love with him, and had sexual realtionships with him. This story is intricately plotted like Ulysses of James Joyce.

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