The God Of Small Things 💫

 

Hey everyone, 

        This blog is based on our paper "Indian Writing" 's unit The God of the small things.

1. To what extent are race and religion important in this text? How far it is important for the society. Give your views.

# Race in the text:

                             In The God of Small Things all the characters especially Major victims faces race. There is main race between the white race and brown race. Everyone regards the English so highly, an Englishman would be incapable of such a travesty–hence the Englishman is more honorable, decent, and virtuous than an Indian man. Roy This internalized racism grows becoming more than a feeling of inferiority to the English. . Despite Velutha’s birth into the Untouchable caste, the author makes clear that the foremost distinction in Velutha is his dark color.  hierarchal distinction of skin color in India. This can be seen in relation to the caste system as well as the family structure. 

# Religion in the text:

     In The God of Small Things', religion is portrayed as a source of tradition, societal conventions, and even conflict. As the novel is set in Kerala, India, there are two main religious forces present - Hinduism and Christianity. The blending of the two, therefore, form an unwitting paradox of values. Ammu's family, for instance, is pre-dominantly Catholic. However, they still respect and observe the Hindu caste system, even as it contradicts the teachings of the Catholic church. While the role of religion in the novel is tangential, it provides an invaluable insight into why the characters act as they do - as, depending on how it is wielded, religion can either be an oppressive or benevolent force. 

               I think as it's 21st century one must have to come out from this rigidity. We are youngsters and future of everyone we must have to believe in equity as well as faith is good but be aware about not to lied in superstition.

2. Which is your favourite character ? Why?

       Ammu is my favourite character among all the characters still I like Velutha too. 

• Ammu is strong and indipendent women.
• Believed in herself and single handedly maintain everything.
• Her past helped her to shape her character.
• She also trying to become best daughter and elder sister.
• She proudly gave devorced his toxic husband and not feeling shameful for this act. Kind of strength you need while you are fighting against the society.
• Ammu want that her both children's upbringing become well.
• Ammu was great lover though she knew that Velutha was from lower cast still she loved him.

3. If you are the author of the text , what changes you would like to make in the text..?

1. First I do change in Ammu's life as she treated well by even his husband as well as other characters.
2. Then I removed the incidents of theatre which was happened with Estha. 
3. Then I also try to save Sophie mol so that children don't faces struggle.
4. I made every character's mindset broader so that they treated lower people in good way.
5. I completed love story of AMMU and Velutha.

4. Two articles about novel .

The children are one of the most vulnerable classes in family and society. They were tormented perpetually in their life in different stages of their life. The theme of trauma is widespread in the novel, The God of Small Things through the deplorable living conditions of the children and the truma in their life. 

        Constriction is another symptom of trauma which is visible in the character of Estha. Out of conscious pricking, Estha agreed with Rahel that it was not Velutha that they saw in History House where Police Officers had attacked him. Earlier, Rahel informed Estha that she was sure, it was not Velutha but his imaginary twin brother, Urumban from Kochi. The writer explains that Estha was initially reluctant to believe and unwilling to seek refuge in imagination. But Baby Kochamma had changed all these things. She had succeeded in bullying Estha into condemning his friend, Velutha. This betrayal was unbearable for the children whom they loved as the God of small things. The guilty feeling Estha felt in his life for betraying an innocent man haunted the whole life. Out of trauma, sometimes Estha whispered in Rahel’s ear that you were right, it was Urumban. For the sake of appeasing his guilty consciousness, Estha finally agreed with Rahel. 

         Significantly, the characters rarely watch the horizon. Instead their eyes are focused on “Small Things” – minute details such as the life of insects – so that they are rarely seen to look forward or far away. The narrative abounds in examples showing striking elaborations on the tiny visual details to which the children are attentive. Estha, while retching, is staring at a basin: “The basin had steel taps and rust stains. A brownwebbed mesh of hairline cracks, like the roadmap of some great intricate city. Thoughts hovered over the . . . Basin City. But the basin men and basin women went on about their usual basin business. Basin cars, and basin buses . . . basin life went on.”  Although the scope is limited to a small basin in a public toilet, the character’s imagination broadens the perspective, so that the idea of the horizon is to be found on a symbolic rather than on a literal level. In The God of Small Things, descriptions rarely embrace a vast horizontal expanse, but jump from one tiny detail to another. The incipit already discloses this preference for discontinuous details and for vertical lines over horizontal ones through the image of the pouring rain: “slanting silver ropes slammed into loose earth,” a syntagm in which alliterations in re-enact the same verticality on the micro level of the letter. As a result, the opening description follows a visual, vertical trajectory, leading the eye from the sky to the earth – down the electric poles –, and from the roof of the house down the walls to the “undergrowth” of the garden.

Work cite:

1. Dr. Sibi k. J. "Trauma in Arundhati Roy's The God of the small things'. IJCRT. An international open access, peer-reviewed, Refereed Journal.

2. Sackisick Elsa, "The Horizon in The God of small things by Arundhati Roy: A poetics of lines " Horizon. 2010.

Araby by James Joyce

 Hey everyone, 

              This blog is based on our paper "Study of English Literature" 's unit named "Araby".

          James Joyce was haibodend  writer and he is famous for his experimental writing. He was born in catholic family.

Born : 2nd February 1882

Died : 18 JANUARY 1941

His higher education was done in "Clongowes wood college" & " Catholic National University". Very soon he became literary celebrity . In his last work Finnegans wake" which was published in 1939 during its writing he faced opthalmic problem and that is why he quoted that,

"Sound of words matter more than the site of them."

Joyce's all works are somewhere intertextual that is why it is very hard to identify that who was influenced him. Still Gustave Flaubert and Henrik Insen's style reflects more.

Joyce exposes the world movement named "Avant-garde art" such as expressionism, dadaism, cubism. He knows multiple languages like Latin, Italian, Irish. Joyce also known for fictional writing, his first novel rather autobiographical novel was " A portrait of the Artist as a young man". Then he wrote 'EXILES'. 

      Joyce most famous novel was "Ulysses" published in 16 June 1994 which was also celebrated as a Bloosom Day. He wrote in the style of stream of consciousness and with the help of technical narration.

"I've put in so many onigams and puzzles that it will keep the proffesor,busy for centuries arguing over what I ment, and that's the only way of insuring one's immorality."

* A critical summary of Araby:

       

  

               Dubliners published in 1914,it comes up with fifteen stories. All the stories present life in Irish capital in terms of moral and material milence in Dubliners destiny. 

"My intention was to write a chapter of the moral history of my country and I chose Dublin for the scene because that city seemed to me the centre of paralysis."

Joyce uses style in all story like Scorpius meanness. All Stories organised like,

1. Childhood

2. Adolescence

3. Maturity 

4. Public life 

Araby is last of the childhood's story, it's narrated in first person from the perspective of an unnamed boy who is verge of adolescents. First person helps the author to caaptures boy's complex and changing mood sensitivity. Araby title came from orientation fair which came to Dublin when Joyce was 12 years old.

The opening of the story= North Richment street.

Boy narrator lives with his uncle and aunt. He is remembering former tenant who was priest and he is highly influenced by his liberary some of his favourite books are..,

1. A Romance by sir Walter Scotl.

2. A Religious Tract.

3. A police agent's memoirs.

During this narrator infatuated by Mangan's sister and because of his shy nature he is not able to talk with her. But one day she came and asked him Weather he is going to Araby bazar? because she has already committed to attain school retreat.

Narrator told his desire to visit Araby market but when he found his uncle drunked he himself became upset. In this Joyce reflecting insansitivity of adult world towards need of young.

# Nagative Epiphany:

Joyce record movement of negative epiphany or movement of realisation. At the Araby bazar as soon as he entered there he realised Epiphany and his romentic idolised vision , attraction of Mangan's sister and also idea of love was destroyed. He leaves the bazar with shame and anger rising in him and the story ends with disappointment.

* Interpreting of Araby: 

       Araby is part of general apience of frustration and failure in the capital Dublin. In this for protagonist childhood encounters containent in Dublin. The obstacle of the boy is the insansative attitude of the elders in the household, it shows that even adults desire remain unfulfilled like his desire to buy love token for his beloved.

"Quality"- Thinking Task

This blog is based on Thinking Task of our unit named "Quality".

1.) Write a detailed note on theme of the "Quality".

As per our class discussion we come to know that their are lots of themes followed in story detailed description is here..

1. Struggle of immigrants:

            Gesseler brother came from the Germany and started their small business years ago when narrator's father was there. At the end of story they suffer from various problems including starvation and lack of customer due to lack of advertisement. They are not able to live at the end both the brothers died. This is harsh reality of every immigrants who leave their house for survival or any other reason.

2. Struggle to maintain business:

           No matter Gesseler brother's shoes are fantastic and long lasting, they were not able to run their business. However they try to make best quality and customer friendly shoes in the race of capitalism they were not survive. Their quality of shoes was so great that customer hardly visit after taking shoes. At the some point it is good to maintain quality but somehow it becomes their barrier in survival of business.

3. Capitalism:

              In the morden time as well as in context of the story this idea of capitalism ruined small business. Capitalist people showing pomp to their customers and attract them. Assembly line is becoming new normal that no matter there is no need of products still it is manufacturing in bulk. Capitalist person grab all the opportunity of small business.

4. Small business vs Mall business:

             Gesseler brother's shop was in posh area still arrival of big firms affect them a lot. Customer easily get attracted towards those products though they don't need it.  Gesseler brother trying their best to maintain quality but forgot to do advertisement and promoting their products that is why they were not able to survive. Even a treatment given to the customer by Gesseler brother is so good and their efforts to make shoes and giving them to the customer was main satisfactory factor for them.

5. Hypocrisy of upper class :

         In this story narrator is showing his sympathy every single time when he used to visit the Gesseler brother but by buying some of the shoes he can not support them. He never try to give financial support to them. Even the English man buy their shop instead of helping them. So this upper class by showing sympathy trying to be good people . Real victims of our story not able to rise their voice.

    

2. What is message or moral of the story.

According to me, The message of the story is that you have to compete with time and update yourself in this morden world. Marketing and Advertising is as far as so important. On the other hand suffering of small business due to big firms and capitalist system and  at the end kill them in a way existence of small business soon will be vanished. No matter how hard you work , workaholic people will suffer because of their honest and hardwork without taking care of oneself. Mental agony of real hardworker died with them. At the end it is just hypocritical sympathy for one which is doesn't matter now.

3. Do you think artist suffer more..?  Why..?

I think in any situation or circumstances artist suffer a lot. Art for art sake will not be art for life sake. If one will choose then hardwork, paissions and many more is needed. If artist failed to survive then art will die. Societal pressure and barriers become hurdles for one. If artist can not follow so called pattern which was made by the society then it is hard for them to live. Artist choose art for life sake then it is near to impossible to be happy and contented.

4.  Select one of the product, and how will you market it..?

I choose to sell this book because of my interest area. 

If I have to do marketing of this book then I will choose various ways like..

• Technology is blessings so I will advertise my book on platform like facebook,. Twitter, instagram, YouTube.
• Another way is I can do collaboration with various channels.
• I can consider different writers and tell them to give their views to their audience about my book.
• Also this book is especially for women indipendent I will provide this book on their groups like kitty , Anaganvadi etc.
• I can also arrange one seminar for customers/ audience to do better marketing.
• Reder group is my main focus so I dairectly connect with the customer or I can do live debate on online platform so that audience get attracted.

        

 

"Nagmadala- Thinking Task"

  This blog is based on Thinking activity of our unit "Nagamandala". 

1.] Who do you think is the protagonist of this play..? Why..?

According to me, Naga is protagonist of the story. Character of Naga is shining as a real hero. After marriage of Rani and Apnna , she wasn't treated in proper manner. Apnna only came in noon for lunch and then go to his mistress. By accidently he drunk the milk and fall in love with Rani also treated her like queen. Naga trying to be caring and loving husband and makes Rani feel good. Rani loves to spend time with him and as a result she got pregnant and at the end Naga proves her innocence towards society and sacrifice his life for her love.

2.] Write down five dailouge of major character.

  1) Rani :

• "Nothing, he left me giddy. Fainted. Then got up and left."
• "ND. No, forgive me, God. This is evil. I was about to commit."
• "You talk so nicely at night, but during day I only have to open my mouth and you hiss like stupid snake..."
• "We are going have baby ..It doesn't makes you happy..?"
• "I  am young and immature, I know nothing ,but I ask."

2) Appana:

• " Well ,then I'll be back tomorrow at noon, keep my lunch ready. I shall eat and go."
• The blind woman and her son let them step here again and they'll know- I'll bathe."
• " I sware to you , I am not father's son."
• "Forgive me. I am a sinner. I was blind."
• "A snake! Stay away! It's tiny but it's cobra all right."

3.) Naga:

• " You are very beautiful...poor things.."
• "That's tender bud like you should get such a rotten."
• "What beautiful, long hair! Like dark, black, snake princess."
• I'll be back again at night."
• " Rani! My queen! The fragrance of my nights..! The blossom of my dreams."

3. Read the preface and write something about the basic of the story.

In the preface, we find a ruined temple with a broken idol. A man comes to the temple and says that he was a playwright earlier, who with his plays had made many audiences to sleep. They cursed him to death!

A mendicant had advised him that if he could keep awake at least one whole night he would not die. That day was the last day of the month, and he kept himself awake in order to overcome the curse of death. He then swore to himself that if he could survive that night without sleep, he would have nothing more to do with story writing.

After sometime, he heard some voices and then saw some flames. 

4.) 3 scholary article.

                                

                                 Like in most folktales, supernatural elements play the vital role in Nagamandala. Traditional beliefs help generate supernatural elements. There is always some magical power in specific roots, according to traditional belief. Kurudavva gives Rani the magical roots but the root is consumed by a king cobra which results in very interesting twists and turns in the play. Another belief is that the cobra has divine power and it can assume any form it desires. In the play, Naga takes the form of Appanna. It is by the form of Appanna that Rani becomes pregnant. So, in some sense, Rani has nothing to do with this "unlawful" sexual communion. It is with his supernatural powers, Naga saves Rani from her pitiable and dangerous plight prove her chastity.

The story of Appanna also has certain interesting touches. It is believed that some witch or fairy enchanted him away from his lawful wife. Once again, the act of the unfaithful husband is explained away through the use of some mysterious fairy. The identity of the woman who entices Appanna away is unknown and it remains a mystery. Are these anecdotal explanations intended to justify that we as human beings are simply pawns in the hands of the divine, or that these events are inevitably caused by Karma?

        Rani, the protagonist of Naga-Mandala, is a typical Indian girl who believes in all the values invented by patriarchal social set-up. She fits in the image of an ideal daughter and ideal wife. She has been an ideal daughter to her parents. She marries Appanna as her parents wanted her to. In patriarchal social set-up, a girl is often granted no right to choose her partner. 

       The woman is portrayed as dependent in all three phases of her life-as a daughter,as a wife and, as a mother. In Indian society, the woman is said to be complete only after marriage. However, paradoxically she neither belongs to this world or that: her parental home or her husband’s abode. For thewoman, the home is said be an expression of her freedom: it is her domain.

                However, Rani is imprisoned in

her own house by her spouse in routine manner that baffles others with the door locked from the outside.She does not shut the door behind her Nora does in “ A Doll’s House”, but God opens a door in the form of a King Cobra. The king cobra gets seduced by the love potion provided by Kurudavva to Rani to lure,pathetically, her own husband who turns a blind eye to her. The snake assumes the form of a loving Appanna is contrast to the atrocious husband at day. The climax is reached when Rani becomes pregnant and Appanna questions her chastity. Her innocence is proved by virtue of the snake ordeal that the village elders put before her, and she is eventually proclaimed a goddess incarnate.

# Work citation :

1.  Dattatraya Rajshri. Feminism in Girish Karnad's Nagamandala." JETIR'. 2014.

2. George Dolly . "Folk theatre and human complexity in Nagamandala". Language in India. 2001

3. Singh Ranveer. "Woman and patriarchy in Girish Karnad's Nagamandala." Proquest. 2013.

Edgar Allan Poe Writer of Short Story

 

      This blog is based on classroom activity named "Citation". 

                        The name Edgar Allan Poe conjures images of madmen, murderers and mysterious women who return from the dead. Most famous for his narrative works such as The Raven and the Tell Tale Heart, Poe has been described as the father of Gothic literature. He is widely acknowledged as the inventor of the modern detective story and an innovator in the genre of science fiction, though Poe made his living as America’s first great literary critic and theoretician. His legacy today remains focused on his tales of terror and haunting lyric poetry.

                 Poe spent many years drowned in bouts of poverty and depression, attempting to deal with his misfortunes through a mixture of drugs and alcohol. Precarious jobs, alcohol and drugs, may have diminished Poe's health, but this did not dampen his creativity, if anything it bolstered his talent. 

            Poe's life was as dark as his tales. He died under mysterious circumstances just a few weeks before Halloween and the exact cause of his death has never been determined.Despite all the obvious seasonal association , Poe would have resented being labeled " The poet of halloween". A genre he invented to science fiction to uproarious slapstick tales that involve a talking mummy.

           Poe's begin at the end philosophy by opening with his horrible and mysterious death. Poe, drunk and delirious around Baltimore to cast votes. "I have an inventret habit of speaking truth", Poe once wrote. If you take Poe's best horror story at face value , they are wonderfully , flawlessly , terrifying , they are also dripig with contempt. Most of the Poe's stories have this campy,floozy "Boo!"  buisness at the end.

                  Edgar Allan Poe was a bizarre and often scary writer. People throught history have often wondered why his writing were so fantastically different and unusual. They came from a tense & miserable life.

                  None of Poe's character could ever be normal, since they lived in the bizarre world. All of his hero's are usually alone and if they are on their way to becoming so rapidly.  Another point is Poe writing these stories as he result of a tortured existence and a need to escape or was he writing to please readers and critic..? He also displays very much morbid characteristics and some cases, sadistic. His murderess always seem to delight in killing their victims in the most painful and agonizing way. Still, terror seems to be the main theme. That is what Poe tries to bring about in his stories.

       In many of his stories , Poe uses his main character as a first person narrator to heighten suspence and draw readers into the characters situation.  It also gives readers an intimate view of the characters psyche and provide an additional layer of realism to Poe's stories, allowing the readers to feel more connected to and therefore more afraid for the characters.

           As a conclusion, Poe's all stroies and writing style overall have impact of spookyness and that is why with his ability to draw such horrible situation makes him spooky Writer.

Work citation:

1. "Edgar Allan Poe & His Tales of horror". National park service. 2021

2. "Edgar Allan Poe- scary writer". Study boss. 2019.

3. Hages Kavin J. "Edgar Allan Poe: The poet of halloween". Literature. 2014

4. Lepore Jill. "The Humbug- Edger Allan Poe & economy of horror". The New Yorker.2009.

5. Sarah Remero. "Edgar Allan Poe, the master of horror writing". Mega Intresting.

Blood Donation Camp

 

   

              As a part of our unit "The Naitingle and The Rose" we decided to organise the Blood Donation Camp. As per our unit we come to know the actual werth of blood. The Naitingle sacrifice her life by giving her blood. In real life we got chance to be someone's Naitingle. It's quite hard to give your blood and you need courage for doing such things. 

              On 11 January,  A one-day blood donation camp was organised in our college, R. R. Monpara SPEI, Bhavnagar. We were the initiative of the camp. We were participating in it as volunteers. I also contributed in donating. All college even admin staff visited our camp. 

               We were pre-planned everything and working on this project from last few days. From preparing poster to completed camp all minor details we manage to do. We first go for convincing people and that is so strange that after so many request of us students are not ready to donate blood. Somewhere social myths and their fear are playing major role in thier negative response. Even we are not able to convince faculties. Some of the students shows great vigour in our activity.

              Day before camp we all went for some pre-preparation where we learn value of earlier arrangment. We and sir were arranging everything and sir's willingness to do even a small work without hesitation inspired us to do whatever task given to us with potential. As he convenienced all the students and took all of them in task so that they also felt that they are contributing. He single handedly manage everything and also appreciate every person for being there. On the morning we were reaching there earlier and arrange everything.

             Our target of the day was that we need atleast 35 people for donations. With an amazing response we got 83 candidates for donation and this shows that when you are doing some work for huminity everyone shall support you. All the colleges and aspecially students shown tremendous response not even them but some of the staff members were also came.

             "How health and hemoglobin is important in person's life not for others but for their own health" is the biggest lesson of the day. I am quite surprised in showing that most of the female candidates were not eligible for donations due to lack of Hb and not having enough weight. On the other hand most of the male candidates are eligible. So the ignorance of their health especially in women were somewhere become barrier and though they have willing desire to donate they were not able to do. 

          

              Our principal even other were appreciate us and they also put faith in us and that is why we are able to do such things. This is a Frist activity in which we are managing everything by  our own. Even the the team of Blood Bank were so friendly and humble with everyone. Concoletion prize, certificate and some snacks had given by them. Thier task was  challenging though with the paissions they do their work.

Mam was there with us and appreciate us constantly also asking every student who donated their blood for their health. She be with us and gave us courage.

This is my first experience of donating blood and I was so much excited for it. I am grearful that somehow I am eligible to donate blood. 

"Feeling proud because you're saving lives"  I found this line worthy because we not only studied the lesson but also put into real life with the help of our teachers. Value of blood is more than your fear so yes we successfully completed our camp. We will hope and looking forward for this type of activities in future.

Elocution compitition ✨

                     On January, 5th I participated in  Elocution compitition organised by Lavani family in memory of late. Savjibhai Ngjibhai at Kavi Botadkar College. This  compitition has been organised by them since 1993.

               The main purpose behind this competition is to provide stage for  students and make them able to read more.

My subject of Elocution 

is "As a youth, my role model."

I chose Ram and to deliver my speech.

      There were 32 participants and everyones tried their best.

    

I got partipation prize,a trophy and book as an appreciation. I am  greatful to represent my collage.