SoS Harkness Q

How do Milkman and Macon Jr.'s searches for gold differ? How does this affect their character developments?

SoS Response NEW

- What made Guitar the way that he is?
- Is any of this gold real?
- What's the deal with the peacock?"

"doll-baby"

SoS Ch. 1-3 Questions

- Is Ruth's daughter actually named First Corinthians?
- Why does Ruth do such strange things? i.e.. the breastfeeding, dead father, etc.
- Was Milkman justified in hitting his father? *LEVEL THREE HYPE*

"contralto"

God of Small Things Final Response

         I found the end of this novel to be both disturbing and disheartening.  Baby Kochamma continued to be just about the worst you can be, antagonizing and terrifying the twins, saying that they killed Sophie, and that they are essentially going to rot in jail.  She began the book as an awful character, only to end it the same way.  Little to no character growth for her.  The fact that the twins ending up doing it in the end is really disgusting.  We even joked in class about this happening. I had no idea it would turn into an actual thing.  The whole ending of this novel was kind of a depressing disaster with everyone's life falling apart, or becoming really screwed up. Incest, death, prison... I mean just about anything awful that could've happened in this last stanza happened.  A fitting end to a strange novel.

God of Small Things Response

Why is "Think" capitalized when Estha is in the factory?
Is the question posed about the boat a metaphor for something, or just concrete question?
How come the man Ammu dreams of only has one arm?

"God of Small Things" is the word/phrase that stood out to me.

Is This Novel Unnecessarily Graphic (In A Bad Way)?

          Throughout The God of Small Things, a number of extremely graphic events occur, things that I'd rather not explicitly mention.  This graphic events, oftentimes described in bizarre ways and metaphors, brings up the following question: Is any of this necessary?  Personally, I say no.  As a reader, I will still understand the author's message were they to describe this events with less detail.  In this case, the writer really should tell us instead of show us.  I don't want to be shown THAT. Nobody wants to be shown that in this novel. I can honestly say I'm good. Spare me the details.  I believe that although one could argue that the digested emotions conjured up by parts of this novel, serve to emotionally bond the reader with the novel and feel pity for the characters, but I personally feel less of a connection, as it gives off more of a weird vibe than anything.  I would say that no, Roy's blatantly detailed descriptions of certain aspects of this novel are unnecessary for us the readers, and I would not advocate for continuity in these descriptions as I continue to read.

God of Small Blog Posts Pt. 2

How come Estha doesn't look back at Rahel? Is it a representation of Rahel's pensive thoughtfulness compared to Estha's general lack of awareness?

"c***," nahhh just kidding "coolie" (85).