Resistance Literature In Arundhati Roy's The God Of Small Things

The settler makes history and is conscious of making it. And because he constantly refers to the history of his mother country, he clearly indicates that he himself is the extension of that mother-country. Thus the history which he writes is not the history of the country which he plunders but the history of his own nation in regard to all that she skims off, all that she violates and starves. (Fanon 49) Resistance literature is a magnificent form of how people who have been once colonialized can stand and fight for their own identity. People use literature as a means of defending themselves, explaining what they have been through and how the colonizer oppresses and divides them. Resistance literature is an excellent way to correct the …show more content…
Agustin Reyes Torres says about the language in Roy's novel:
The God of Small Things is a prime example of the exploration and modification of the English language as created by Anglos. Roy’s ironic position as an Indian writer with extraordinary command of the nuances in English places her in a unique position within the words of the text. She commands the language of the novel and its characters, ultimately weaving a text that reconsiders itself and the complete experience of language. (2) Roy points political, social and religious conditions out in India throughout the detailed vivid description of people, places and …show more content…
The author discusses Caste-system and love laws in India through a spectacular use of language. Roy as Margaux Vandamme asserts: " manages to create a hurryingly beautiful novel in which she shows how the 'big things' such as caste system, gender divides, and patriarchy are crushing th ' small things' like family bondes, friendship and love" (61) Roy also displays in her novel how the small things matter and can make great changes, and resistance counts even if it is done through simple means. Velutha ,The paravan, fights against his fixed position in society by learning new skills and getting education and these things are not meant to be done by people from his class which reflects the author's conviction of the importance of education in resistance. Women also have a magnificent role in shaping and building society after times of great distress. That is why the novel is written from a feminine perspective. Resistance in The God of small Things starts from the small things such as family relations and love stories to reflect big things such as caste-system and love laws in post-colonial