God of Small Things 8-12

Cory Kim

Politics/Social Structure Of course Mammachi would have despised

Margaret Kochamma even if she had been
heir to the throne of England. It wasnt just
her working-class background Mammachi
resented. (80)

Narrative Structure Sophie Mol inspected the smelly mayhem

with clinical detachment. The stone was
coated with crushed red carcasses and a few
feebly waving legs.
Kochu Maria watched with her cake crumbs.
The Fond Smiles watched Fondly.
Little Girls Playing.
Sweet.
One beach-colored.
One brown. One Loved.
One Loved a Little Less.

Language/Style/Intertextuality She put her violin away into its black,

violin-shaped box. It closed like a suitcase.
And the music closed with it.

Click. And click (87)

Love/Family/Gender Politics Between them they decided that it would be

best to disturb her discreetly rather than wake
her suddenly. So they opened drawers, they
cleared their throats, they whispered loudly,
they hummed a little tune. They moved
shoes. And found a cupboard door that
creaked.

Ammu, resting under the skin of her dream,

observed them and ached with her love for
them. (104)

Environment The crematorium had the same rotten,

rundown air of a railway station, except that it
was deserted. No trains, no crowds. Nobody
except beggars, derelicts and the
policecustody dead were cremated there.
(78)