Summary of Chapter Two of The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy Essa

Summary of Chapter Two of The God of Small Things by Arundhati RoyThe system of caste in India is a bond of union, but splits up thesociety into sections. It revolves around the societys idea of whatsclean and pure. It exists not except in the form of Touchability andUntouchability but also gender difference and matrimonial status. InKerala, the setting for The God of Small Things, the caste system is deep-rooted it has been made rigid by time and proliferated by thecolonial rule. As a result, inevitably, the caste system greatlyimpacts the lives of the leading characters in the bracing Estha andRahel, Ammu and Velutha. In my essay, I am going to explore the natureof the caste system and whom it affects.The revulsion of Untouchability is so inherent in the post-colonialsociety that even out with the coming of the British, the untouchables ingeneral were not only unable to explode the scourge Untouchability.As Christians, They were made to have branch churches, withseparate ser vices, and separate priests and it was considered aspecial favour (that) they were given their own separate castawayBishop. Further more, After Independence they found they were notenititled to any judicature benefits like job reservations or bankloans at low sake rates, because officially, on paper, there were(only) Christians, and therefore casteless.The life of Velutha, an untouchable, is greatly impacted not only inthe way the other untouchables were. Since he was young, he had toadjust to acts of inferiority. He had to enter by the back entranceof the Ayemenem House to talk the coconuts they Velutha and hisdad had plucked from the trees in the compound and was not allowedinto the ho... ...een traditions and are afforded no sure recognition as said inwhat the novel calls Locusts Stand I or legal standing. BabyKochama, once again hated them for that. She called them Half-HindhuHybrids whom no self-respecting Syrian Christian would ever marry. Asa result, further on the nov el, their lives were greatly affected byher.The caste system on the whole traumatizes and affects Roysprotagonists life in an unhealthy way. It took away the twins needto cash in ones chips to someone and their identity and, later on the novel, theirchildhood. It cost Ammu her love and her freedom. It divest Veluthaof a bright future and somehow caused his death. This way, Roy is ableto let the ratifier see the atrocities of the caste system in India andbe more cognizant about the stereotypes the society made to differentpeople. Two thumbs and two toes up for Roy