Theme Of Ammu In The God Of Small Things

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The second escape from the ‘man’ makes her return to the ‘unwelcomed’ Ayemenem. Her return is not welcomed by her family, and especially her brother, Chacko, disregards her as she divorced. She is not thought as a member of the family, and she escapes from that situation by falling in love with Velutha. The love between the Touchable and Untouchable is illegal, and this act which is rebellious against the society’s custom relieves Ammu’s stress from being blocked by the society. As the last scene of the novel describes, the relationship between Ammu and Velutha makes them the God of small things, as they turn away from the big society’s limits.
Unfortunately, Velutha’s father Vellya Paapen reveals their relationship to Mammachi, who decides
Ammu’s reaction towards Velutha’s death was unexpected, and she was even prepared to publicly expose the fact that she had a sexual relationship with Velutha. Her courageous actions eventually cause her to leave Ayemenem, directed by Baby Kochamma. Olsson mentions in her paper ‘Arundhati Roy: Reclaiming Voices on the Margin in The God of Small Things’, that Ammu’s love with other adult human being is greater than the possible fears of the relationsip being revealed. This argues that Velutha’s relationship was the first experience of loving and being loved by other adult human, as Ammu was constantly disregarded by her family throughout the novel. Because she values this relationship so largely, she even shouts at her children a sharp curse which she regrets for the rest of her life. When she is locked in the bedroom, she shouts to the children that they were being ‘millstones around her neck’ and she regrets having them. Her shouting certainly show her desire to be free from the society as Velutha was the only person who made her feel free from all the models Ammu was forced to be like. Therefore, after Velutha’s death, Ammu starts to be destroyed, and eventually dies superficially due to a disease but in fact due to the nightmares she experiences in her

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