Rahel
Rahel is one of the main protagonists of the story. It was quite easier to understand Rahel because in the novel, we see the world through her eyes. Estha and Rahel’s younger personalities were complimentary like peanut butter and jelly. Estha was more practical and serious while
Rahel can’t sit still most of the time, she has an active imagination. She seems to exist in a version of reality that is only hers. Her imagination is different from Estha. She has a more childlike imagination with so much fascination while Estha had like a worst-case-scenario thinking. When she feels scared, she would feel Pappachi’s moth crawling on her heart. “A cold moth with unusually dense dorsal tuffs landed lightly on Rahel’s heart. Where its icy legs touched her, …show more content…
Margaret Kochamma blames Estha for Sophie Mol’s death, she slaps him multiple times. Baby Kochamma manipulates Estha into blaming Velutha to save Ammu from going to prison. The twins had to be separated, Estha was returned to his father who he never saw or lived with. The trauma caused by so much bad experiences had shut Estha from speaking suddenly. “Childhood tiptoed out.
Silence slid in like a bolt.” (150) His childhood was scarring and traumatizing. After re-returning to Ayemenem, it brings back the memories of the past. Still Estha could not speak. Estha and
Rahel end up exploring memories of their childhood. Something that was kept at the back of
Estha’s mind. He notices that Rahel has looked much like Ammu already. They grieved and made up for all they have lost.
To play the character of a young Estha, I chose Karan Brar. He is a Disney channel star. He is a bit older now, but his younger self would be perfect for Estha. That innocent and childish, boyish look with an Elvis Presley get-up. As for the adult Estha, I stumbled on an American based,
Indian descent actor, Manish Dayal. In the novel, I imagine Estha to be handsome, with
Rahel is one of the main protagonists of the story. It was quite easier to understand Rahel because in the novel, we see the world through her eyes. Estha and Rahel’s younger personalities were complimentary like peanut butter and jelly. Estha was more practical and serious while
Rahel can’t sit still most of the time, she has an active imagination. She seems to exist in a version of reality that is only hers. Her imagination is different from Estha. She has a more childlike imagination with so much fascination while Estha had like a worst-case-scenario thinking. When she feels scared, she would feel Pappachi’s moth crawling on her heart. “A cold moth with unusually dense dorsal tuffs landed lightly on Rahel’s heart. Where its icy legs touched her, …show more content…
Margaret Kochamma blames Estha for Sophie Mol’s death, she slaps him multiple times. Baby Kochamma manipulates Estha into blaming Velutha to save Ammu from going to prison. The twins had to be separated, Estha was returned to his father who he never saw or lived with. The trauma caused by so much bad experiences had shut Estha from speaking suddenly. “Childhood tiptoed out.
Silence slid in like a bolt.” (150) His childhood was scarring and traumatizing. After re-returning to Ayemenem, it brings back the memories of the past. Still Estha could not speak. Estha and
Rahel end up exploring memories of their childhood. Something that was kept at the back of
Estha’s mind. He notices that Rahel has looked much like Ammu already. They grieved and made up for all they have lost.
To play the character of a young Estha, I chose Karan Brar. He is a Disney channel star. He is a bit older now, but his younger self would be perfect for Estha. That innocent and childish, boyish look with an Elvis Presley get-up. As for the adult Estha, I stumbled on an American based,
Indian descent actor, Manish Dayal. In the novel, I imagine Estha to be handsome, with