Open AccessSOCIETAL OPPRESSION: A STUDY OF ARUNDATI ROY’S THE GOD OF SMALL THINGS
Author(s) -
Amara Rama Devi
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
veda's journal of english language and literature
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2349-9753
DOI - 10.54513/joell.2022.9117
Subject(s) - oppression , caste , power (physics) , affect (linguistics) , sociology , race (biology) , function (biology) , gender studies , political science , politics , law , communication , physics , quantum mechanics , evolutionary biology , biology
The God of Small Things throws light upon hierarchical structures of power, and oppression at various levels in patriarchal societies. Arundati Roy explores how these differences of caste, gender and race, function through social institutions and the way they affect human interactions and relationships. In this paper, an attempt is made to show how the novel highlights the interrelationships of all power structures to shape society. The “Big Things” – the things in power, indicating in the end that the God of small things is an absent god, a god of loss.The God of Small Things throws light upon hierarchical structures of power, and oppression at various levels in patriarchal societies. Arundati Roy explores how these differences of caste, gender and race, function through social institutions and the way they affect human interactions and relationships. In this paper, an attempt is made to show how the novel highlights the interrelationships of all power structures to shape society. The “Big Things” – the things in power, indicating in the end that the God of small things is an absent god, a god of loss.