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THE NAUSEA AND AROMA OF SEX IN ARUNDHATI ROY’S THE GOD OF SMALL THINGS
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Author(s):
NARMADA JAKHAR , DR. SUMER SINGH
Vol - 4, Issue- 3 ,
Page(s) : 803 - 811
(2013 )
DOI : https://doi.org/10.32804/CASIRJ
Abstract
The God of Small Things is a remarkable indictment of patriarchy and the injustice and oppression faced by woman in the androcentric society. Woman is victimized everywhere: as a daughter in her parent''s house, as a wife in her husband''s house, as a worker in a factory or as an employee in an office, whether in India or America. Ammu is a valiant fighter for sexual freedom, though the options open to her in the male-dominated order are not viable at all. She grabs the first opportunity for escaping from the oppressive atmosphere of her parents'' house in Ayemenem and rushes into a loveless marriage. It is another thing that as a consequence of this step she actually finds herself out of the frying-pan into the fire.
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