tamarind:the pod of a large, tropical tree, Tamarindus indica, of the legume family, containing seeds enclosed in a juicy acid pulp that is used in beverages and food.
millstones: One of a pair of cylindrical stones used in a mill for grinding grain.
I thought it might be helpful to know a little about Namboodiripad, that was a link to a new article, but for general information, this is the link. It is from wikipedia, so I don't know the full accuracy of the website. I know when I was reading about the Calcutta wedding I really wanted to do know what exactly it was. Here are some picture. Just for your information : For those who were wondering about InquilabZindabad
1) A connection to Tale of Two Cities was made by quoting the last sentence of the book: "'It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done,' she would say to herself sadly. That was Rahel being Sydney Carton being Charles Darnay, as he stood on the steps, waiting to be guillotined..." (59) Is there any significance in this?
2)How does the relationship between Velutha and Ammmu contrast with the ideal of "personal despair could never be desperate enough"?
"For the rest of the day Pappachi sat in the verandah and stared stonily out at the ornamental garden, ignoring the plates of food that Kochu Maria brought him. Late at night he went into his study and brought out his favorite mahogany rocking chair. He put it down in the middle of the driveway and smashed it into little bits...He never touched Mammachi again." (47) I don't know why, but I got a little sense of Things Fall Apart, here. Pappachi kind of reminded me of Okonkwo, and his reckless behavior that caused him to feel guilty and then repent.
"His life's greatest setback was not having had the moth that he had discovered named after him...As he picked it out he noticed its unusually dense dorsal tufts..." (48) I obviously chose this passage because it correlates with the name of this entire chapter, 'Pappachi's Moth'. I kind of got the sense that Pappachi saw himself in the moth with its "dense dorsal tufts", and I kind of thought of Pappachi's mind as really dense, and he often has a hard time distinguishing right from wrong.
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tamarind:the pod of a large, tropical tree, Tamarindus indica, of the legume family, containing seeds enclosed in a juicy acid pulp that is used in beverages and food.
millstones: One of a pair of cylindrical stones used in a mill for grinding grain.
I thought it might be helpful to know a little about Namboodiripad, that was a link to a new article, but for general information, this is the link. It is from wikipedia, so I don't know the full accuracy of the website.
I know when I was reading about the Calcutta wedding I really wanted to do know what exactly it was. Here are some picture.
Just for your information :
For those who were wondering about InquilabZindabad
1) A connection to Tale of Two Cities was made by quoting the last sentence of the book: "'It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done,' she would say to herself sadly. That was Rahel being Sydney Carton being Charles Darnay, as he stood on the steps, waiting to be guillotined..." (59) Is there any significance in this?
2)How does the relationship between Velutha and Ammmu contrast with the ideal of "personal despair could never be desperate enough"?
"For the rest of the day Pappachi sat in the verandah and stared stonily out at the ornamental garden, ignoring the plates of food that Kochu Maria brought him. Late at night he went into his study and brought out his favorite mahogany rocking chair. He put it down in the middle of the driveway and smashed it into little bits...He never touched Mammachi again." (47)
I don't know why, but I got a little sense of Things Fall Apart, here. Pappachi kind of reminded me of Okonkwo, and his reckless behavior that caused him to feel guilty and then repent.
"His life's greatest setback was not having had the moth that he had discovered named after him...As he picked it out he noticed its unusually dense dorsal tufts..." (48)
I obviously chose this passage because it correlates with the name of this entire chapter, 'Pappachi's Moth'. I kind of got the sense that Pappachi saw himself in the moth with its "dense dorsal tufts", and I kind of thought of Pappachi's mind as really dense, and he often has a hard time distinguishing right from wrong.
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