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He hit me yet you scolded me
Provocation, no remorse
What else is one to do
A previously set destiny?
I deserve it, as I am taught
Expectations with no subversion
For a special day may arrive
When in distress you find the night
The God of Small Things: Female Transgression and Patriarchal Oppression
Arundhati Roy’s postcolonial novel The God Of Small Things explores the crude picture of the social, cultural and political reality of the nation of India. In Roy’s story, the acts of moral and social transgressions result in the ruin and death of various characters. Roy resorts to social transgressions in an attempt to sh ock readers about boundaries and the caste system within Indian culture, which are manifested through “small things”. The novel presents transgressive female characters who suffer the consequences of defying the status quo. The purpose of this essay is to reflect upon how the author of this novel shows the dangers that Indian women might face when transgressing those norms established by the strict patriarchal society they live in. This will be done by exploring the realities of Ammu , Mammachi and Baby Kochamma. These are three female characters who dared to defy social norms, who could not escape their destiny and who wer...
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