"Looking back now, to Rahel it seemed as though this difficulty that their family had with classification ran much deeper than the jam-jelly question...They all tampered with the laws that lay down who should be loved and how. And how much" (31). I chose this quote because it ties in the Paradise Pickles and Preserves factory (the title of the chapter) with this idea that classifications, including classifications with love, have been a problem for a while. Also, the end of the quote also happens to be how the chapter ends. This makes me think that love, and defining it, are crucial to the story.
"Little events, ordinary things, smashed and reconstituted. Imbued with new meaning. Suddenly they become the bleached bones of a story" (32). I chose this quote because the words "little" and "things" reminded me of the title of the book and made me think that it's the little things in this story that matter and have a huge impact on the characters' lives. And that's why the Small God is so important.
Mayalam is something that comes up a lot in this book thus far, but it is never explained—merely a word with a lot of vowels! So I found this really helpful website that details it as a language, explains origins, and even provides a brief guide to how it is written
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"Looking back now, to Rahel it seemed as though this difficulty that their family had with classification ran much deeper than the jam-jelly question...They all tampered with the laws that lay down who should be loved and how. And how much" (31). I chose this quote because it ties in the Paradise Pickles and Preserves factory (the title of the chapter) with this idea that classifications, including classifications with love, have been a problem for a while. Also, the end of the quote also happens to be how the chapter ends. This makes me think that love, and defining it, are crucial to the story.
"Little events, ordinary things, smashed and reconstituted. Imbued with new meaning. Suddenly they become the bleached bones of a story" (32). I chose this quote because the words "little" and "things" reminded me of the title of the book and made me think that it's the little things in this story that matter and have a huge impact on the characters' lives. And that's why the Small God is so important.
Two vocab words:
effulgent(24)- adj.: full of radiant splendor and brilliance
repartee(28)- noun: a succession or interchange of witty retorts
Mayalam is something that comes up a lot in this book thus far, but it is never explained—merely a word with a lot of vowels! So I found this really helpful website that details it as a language, explains origins, and even provides a brief guide to how it is written
Malayalam Language Guide
Why do you think Baby Kochamma is "living her life backwards?" What was holding her back before and what caused her reversal?
Why do you think Rahel feels the need to classify and define love? How do you think she views love and what in her past might account for this?
P.S. sorry these are late, my username wouldn't work until now!
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