ENTRY 28: Respond to The Novel The God of Small Things

The God of Small Things is a novel by Indian writer Arundhati Roy published in 1997. It is book that I suddenly picked from the bookshelf for its highly praised comment on the cover with the words “one of the most popular work” when I was a junior middle school student. But I finished reading it when I was in high school as it seemed not attractive for me until I become a high school student. This book describes the experience of twins, a boy and a girl, which focuses on describing the very small things around their lives. The story adopts the flashbacks to initially give us the adult figure of the main characters, which are numb, withered and silent, and then the time goes back to the days when they were young, an age of pure, naïve and vigour. Then a lot small things happened to them in a quick succession, silently and quickly ruined their childhood. In my interpretation the god of small things stands for the power of small things; though always they are neglected by us, they still have the profound and hidden influence on our behaviors and attitudes. Sometimes, a big accidence can destroy one’s life, giving them a big blow, forcing people to change to adapt to the new situation. However, when someone’s life is filled with the small things to press them, it is really hard for one to recognize their danger. They gradually accustomed to their current life, being unaware of the small little changes, and they are sad, they are mad, they are depressed but they have no outlet as they have no idea when things begin to go wrongly. Actually, whether some literature are good works or not cannot be determined simply by other’s comment, but your own feeling counts the most.