The God of Small Things

Lesson 25
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ELA

Unit 3

12th Grade

Lesson 25 of 37

Objective


Describe how the author creates an ominous mood in this chapter.

Readings and Materials


  • Book: The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy  pp. 193 – 204

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Target Task


Multiple Choice

The narrator uses the word “friend” to describe the first two-thirds of the river on p. 193 mainly to emphasize

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Writing Prompt

The twins are enjoying fixing up their newly discovered boat for an adventure. Yet, somehow, the author makes the reader feel that something bad is coming. How does she do that in these pages? Use examples to support your answer.

What is happening between Ammu and Velutha? How do you know? Why is this a big deal?

Key Questions


  • Pick up with “Two-egg twins looked out across the river.” What is the setting?
  • What is the title of this chapter? What does it imply?
  • How does the author characterize the twins’ relationship to the “First Third” of the river? What do we learn about the other two-thirds?
  • Why do they need the boat if they can swim across the river? What do they discover about the boat on p. 195?
  • What image does the author create of the twins as they carry the boat?
  • Where do they go? Who do they find there?
  • What does narrator mean when she says that “Unlike Velutha, Kuttappen was a good, safe Paraven” on p. 197?
  • Why is Kuttappen “mortified” at the top of p. 200? How does that change over the course of the page? Why?
  • What does Kuttappen warn them about the river?
  • How does the author convey that Estha’s fears have taken a break on p. 202?
  • How does Velutha feel about the children? How does the author show us this on pp. 202–204? What is the “fist” that clenched in him when he sees them on p. 202?
  • What does his brother ask Velutha? What do we now know for sure about Velutha and the march? Why is this significant?
  • Who does Velutha “try to hate” according to p. 204? Why?
  • What does it mean that “Madness slunk in through a chink in History. It only took a moment”?

Notes


Students may finish today’s reading for homework if they are unable to finish during class.

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