Class Forum: THE GOD OF SMALL THINGS

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Tuesday, April 13, 2010

What do you think Estha's reasoning for staying behind the counter with the Orangedrink Lemondrink man was after it was clear that he was being abused?
When Chacko says, "We're Prisoners of War. Our dreams have been doctored.We belong nowhere. We sail unanchored on troubled seas. We may never be allowed ashore. Our sorrows will never be sad enough. Our joys never happy enough. Our dreams never big enough. Our lives never important enough." (52) do you thin he is referring to the troubles of his own life, or about the collective problems in Estha and Rahel's lives?
What do you think the deeper meaning of the gray moth that haunts the family is? What does it symbolize?

1 comment:

lilym said...

I'm pretty sure he was paralyzed with fear and had actually no idea what was really going on. Also, I think that Estha was thinking that if he told Ammu, maybe she would not believe him.