The setting of The God of Small Things is in Kerala, India. The book travels through time frequently, there are times when it is in the present, and also many times it is set in 1969. There are quite a few important characters in the novel, because it tells many different stories all in different times. The main character who is narrating the story is Rahel, she was born in Ayemenem, India. When she got older she moved to America and got married. Her fraternal twin brother Estha (Esthappen) was also born in Ayemenem. He left with their father when he was a small child. As an adult he returned to India, Rahel heard this and also returned. Sophie Mol was Rahel and Estha's cousin, she was visiting Ayemenem and died while she was there. The death of Sophie changed everyone and the way they were, even if it was only a little. There are quite a few other characters in the book that had parts and stories of thier background. Some stories were very dramatic. The God of Small Things has a plot that is not very easily understood. There is time travel and stories within the present. All the characters in the book have a story, in the present or the past, most of the characters are not happy with their lives. The main story is about the twins Rahel and Estha, the book talks about their childhood, their parents splitting up and the death of their cousin Sophie Mol. Her death devastated the twins, it changed them forever, Estha basically stopped talking and caused people to believe he is crazy. In the present the twins reunite, after being apart and living completely different lives for a long period of time. The theme of The God of Small Things is family issues. I think this because in the novel it talks about mainly the childhood and how the people around them fought and created a pretty terrible early life for the twins.I am going to compare The God of Small Things to The Time Travelers Wife. I chose to do this because they are both novels with the time traveling element. The similarity between the two is mainly time travel. I do not really see any other aspects they have in common. The differences they have are when they are traveling through time in The God of Small Things they do not clearly state that they are changing time, they just stitch off from paragraph to paragraph, causing it to be a little confusing. In The Time Travelers Wife they state when they are changing time and it tells what time period they are travelling to. This novel is much easier to follow. Also the stories between the two are very different. The Time Travelers Wife is a love story and The God of Small Things is more of a tragedy.
The God of Small Things in my opinion was not very well set up. I did not particularly enjoy the novel, I found it confusing with the time travel. This is because they did not clearly state the time or part they are switching times in. Also I did not really get hooked, I found that the detail over powered the plot. I thought it was a little confusing, and over all did not really enjoy it. Although this is just my opinion.
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