Examples Of Love Laws In The God Of Small Things

In the book “The God of Small Things” shows connections with the “love laws”. At the beginning of the paragraph the author gives the idea of where does Rahel comes from. When it says, “That something happened when personal turmoil dropped by at the wayside shrine of the vast (immense, violent, circling, driving, ridiculous, insane, unfeasible, public turmoil of a nation.” Is focusing on describing the life journey she has gone through because of her cultural roots. Larry as an a stranger of her country, was not aware of how some beliefs were more important than others and that in certain way affects family’s reputation. Some main problems that Rahel’s family faces in the novel is trying to create the “perfect family” portrait. The “perfect

The description given creates an image of a God that respect and obedience needs to be shown towards. He is the lord of the love laws. If the laws are broken there are consequences that will be face. The love laws that are set up needs to be followed because they are part of their traditions and cultural beliefs. In the other hand, the “Small God” is described as “cozy and contained, private and limited… laughing numbly at his own temerity”, the opposite of the Big God”. The reason for that is because he is the one that creates happiness and comfort in people. By private and limited, is saying that if happiness is happening in a way that disrespects the “Big God”, it should be kept private and limited so it won’t affect family’s reputation in society. For example, a lower caste and upper caste people love each other, it was against the laws that the “Big God” have created. As the paragraph continues, it says “nothing matters much. Nothing much matter” symbolizes that after love and happiness was found nothing matter anymore because people felt and found their comfort zone, which is the person they love. Especially, it helped them forget about the problem that their forbidden love has

According to the novel, “Ammu, Estha, and she” were held responsible for violating the rules that should “never” be broken. “The laws that make grandmothers grandmothers, uncles uncles, mothers mothers, cousins cousins, jam jam, and jelly jelly.” the author’s main point is that love laws creates family. Is the time when a child is born and it converts a woman into a mother or grandmother depending who the woman is. However, in reality is different everything changes as it says in the novel “It was a time when uncles became fathers, mother’s lovers, and cousins died and had funerals”, just how it happened in their lives. Rahel considered Chacko is father, her mother a lover of Velutha, and Sophie Mol that died at a young age. The love laws began by showing how much love was there and who loved who in the family. According to the novel, in real life love laws were started when everyone realized the love that everyone had, being aware that not everyone had the same love for each other, especially for Rahel and Estha. Ammu’s love towards them was shown in a limited amount, it seemed that the amount of loved they received from Ammu was not the same that Chacko had for Sophie Mol, in a parent’s aspect. In this paragraph love laws are broken by Ammu. She shows less love to Estha and Rahel. It seemed that she does not really love them the way they should