1) "That's the way [Velutha] was the day History visited them in the back verandah. A carpenter with gaudy nails. The posse of Touchable Policemen had looked at them and laughed" (181) This quote references back to the History House. "... History used the back verandah to negotiate its terms and collect its dues. That default led to dire consequences. That on the day History picked to square its books, Estha would keep the receipt for the dues the Velutha paid." (190) History serves as a reminder of the categories of people and is something that demands payment. History is merciless as Estha, a child, must suffer for whatever Velutha did.
2) "Or purchase, for a fee, some cheap brand of exorcism from a counselor with a fancy degree, who would sit them down and say, in one of many ways: 'You're not the Sinners. You're the Sinned Against. You were only children. You had no control. You are the victims, not the perpetrators.'" (182) I think this quote also shows categorizing. Rahel wanted someone to tell Estha and her that they are not branded with the symbol of Sinners. Instead, they fall into the category of victims.
"Nictitating ictitating titating itating tating ating ting ing" (p180) NB: nictitating membrane - n. A transparent inner eyelid in birds, reptiles, and some mammals that closes to protect and moisten the eye. Also called third eyelid. "Nictitating membrane, she remembered she and Estha once spent a whole day saying. She and Estha and Sophie Mol" (p179)
lambent - adj (1.)running or moving lightly over a surface: lambent tongues of flame. (2.)dealing lightly and gracefully with a subject; brilliantly playful: lambent wit. 3.)softly bright or radiant: a lambent light. "Her children, an insane whisper whispered to him. Her eyes, her mouth. Her teeth. Her soft, lambent skin. He drove th thought away angrily. It returned and sat outside his skull. Like a dog." (p202)
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1) "That's the way [Velutha] was the day History visited them in the back verandah. A carpenter with gaudy nails. The posse of Touchable Policemen had looked at them and laughed" (181) This quote references back to the History House. "... History used the back verandah to negotiate its terms and collect its dues. That default led to dire consequences. That on the day History picked to square its books, Estha would keep the receipt for the dues the Velutha paid." (190) History serves as a reminder of the categories of people and is something that demands payment. History is merciless as Estha, a child, must suffer for whatever Velutha did.
2) "Or purchase, for a fee, some cheap brand of exorcism from a counselor with a fancy degree, who would sit them down and say, in one of many ways: 'You're not the Sinners. You're the Sinned Against. You were only children. You had no control. You are the victims, not the perpetrators.'" (182) I think this quote also shows categorizing. Rahel wanted someone to tell Estha and her that they are not branded with the symbol of Sinners. Instead, they fall into the category of victims.
Here is an article about the Indian caste system and the "untouchables"-a catagorization that is a critical part of the GOST story.
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Here's another site about Indian dress that you guys might be interested in.
Thanks for the fashion help. (Also, I want to look at those passages tomorrow.)
nictitate -
v. to wink
"Nictitating
ictitating
titating
itating
tating
ating
ting
ing" (p180)
NB: nictitating membrane - n. A transparent inner eyelid in birds, reptiles, and some mammals that closes to protect and moisten the eye. Also called third eyelid.
"Nictitating membrane, she remembered she and Estha once spent a whole day saying. She and Estha and Sophie Mol" (p179)
lambent - adj
(1.)running or moving lightly over a surface: lambent tongues of flame.
(2.)dealing lightly and gracefully with a subject; brilliantly playful: lambent wit.
3.)softly bright or radiant: a lambent light.
"Her children, an insane whisper whispered to him. Her eyes, her mouth. Her teeth. Her soft, lambent skin. He drove th thought away angrily. It returned and sat outside his skull. Like a dog." (p202)
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