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“’Estha.’ Baby Kochamma chose. Knowing him to be the more practical of the two. The more tractable. The more farsighted. The more responsible” (Roy, 2017: 319).

“Estha imagined that something in him smiled” (Roy, 2017:320) – this quote proves that Estha knows Valutha is a man who was always friendly and helpful to them with no intent of hurting them.

“Estha’s mouth said Yes” (Roy, 2017: 320) – Losing his innocence by saying that a lie is true.

“You were right. It wasn’t him. It was Urumban” (Roy, 2017:320) – These words might be used as a way for Estha to make himself feel better about giving truth to a lie.

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Innocence refers to a piece of knowledge one is not aware of, what you don’t know can’t hurt you. In this novel though innocence is portrayed in a different way, this time Rahel and Estha know primarily important information but they must find a way to make sense of it all – their knowledge and experiences. Estha goes through a profound innocence loss compared to Rahel, although both is still affected, Estha sees change all around him and tries to prevent his sister from having to go through the same amount of change.
Loss of innocence is prominent in this novel, the twins – Estha and Rahel – loses their innocence as the novel carries through. At first when the Orangedrink Lemondrink man “molests” Estha, the reader gets introduced to Estha’s loss of innocence. Estha is also the twin that Baby Kochamma chose to lie directly to the Inspector by telling him that Valutha kidnapped them since she knew he will carry through on the action.
Estha and Rahel also chose to run away from home after their mother told them that she wished she had given them to an orphanage when they were born since they are just Millstones around her neck, this action of running away causes Sophie Mol to drown and partly contributes to the loss of innocence for the twins.

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* "As Estha stirred the thick jam he thought Two Thoughts, and the Two Thoughts he thought, were these:
(a) Anything can happen to Anyone.
And
(b) It's best to be prepared" (Roy, 2017: 194).
*"If he touched her, he couldn't talk to her, if he loved her he couldn't leave, if he spoke he couldn't listen, if he thought he couldn't win. Who was he, the one-armed man? Who could he have been? The God of Loss? The God of Small Things? The God of Goose Bumps and Sudden Smiles" (Roy, 2017: 217).
* "He left no footprints on the shore" (Roy, 2017, 218).
* "She knew his back. She'd been carried on it. More times than she could count" (Roy, 2017: 73).
"He could make intricate toys - tiny windmills, rattles, minute jewel boxes out of dried palm reeds; he could carve perfect boats out of topioca stems and figurines on cashew nuts. He would bring them for Ammu, holding them out on his palm" (Roy, 2017: 74).

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The novel is written in fragments, mostly focusing on scenes that took place between 1969 (when Sophie Mol came to visit) and 1993 (the reunion of the twins at the age of 31). Roy wrote the novel excellently - these broken down, smaller moments that is being referred to back and forth connects with this theme of Small Things. This style of writing allows for the deserved focus that each section and scene deserves. In the novel emphasis is put on the fact that "things can change in a day" (Roy, 2017: 32), with this reference the reader notice how the novel has a contradicting mixture of smaller things.
A typical thought that Estha lives by also adds to the smaller details in the novel, to always be prepared and to know that "anything can happen to anyone".
The small things makes up the everyday life, these include things such as nature's beauty, emotions and use of talents, bigger things include status, politics and money. The Ipe family are fixed upon these big things, but ignore the small things which causes their family destruction. Velutha stands out as the God of Small Things for many reasons including that he is an Untouchable, he does not leave his footprints, he is invisible, he notices the smaller beauties, he crafts small, perfect artifacts and spends time with children even though he is an adult.

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* "When you hurt people, they love you less. That's what careless words do. They make people love you a little less" (Roy, 2017:112).
* "If he held her, he couldn't kiss her. If he kissed her, he couldn't see her. If he saw her, he couldn't feel her" (Roy, 2017: 215).
* "Only that once again they broke the Love Laws. That lay down who should be loved. And how. And how much" (Roy, 2017: 328).
*"There is very little that anyone could say to clarify what happened next. Nothing that (in Mammachi's book) would separate Sex from Love. Or Needs from Feelings" (Roy, 2017: 328).
* "They all broke the rules. They all crossed forbidden territory. They all tampered with the laws that lay down who should be loved and how. And how much" (Roy, 2017: 31).

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A conventional social code cannot contain love that is part of an uncontrollable and very powerful force. Society somehow seeks for failure or destruction of real love. In the novel "The God of Small Things", love as a theme is constantly being connected to sadness, loss, fear, violence, death or conforming to another characters will (for example, Ammu with her children). Although love is connected with negative feelings in the novel, the opposite is also true with Sophie Mol who receives love freely. The society has a standard on who may be loved and how, these are called "Love Laws". Ammu and Valutha has a love that goes against all these standard rules. The twins do not have much success in love either, the only love they know is the love for each other and this is all that gives them the opportunity to feel the pleasure, joy and hope that love brings. Once again, the love between Rahel and Estha differs from the "Love Laws" that society finds acceptable. It nearly seems that the love in the novel that breaks the "Love Laws" are the only love that lasts or that is true.

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"If he touched her, he couldn't talk to her, if he loved her he couldn't leave, if he spoke he couldn't listen, if he thought he couldn't win. Who was he, the one-armed man? Who could he have been? The God of Loss? The God of Small Things? The God of Goose Bumps and Sudden Smiles" (Roy, 2017: 217).

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"And the Air was full of Thoughts and Things to Say. But at times like these, only the Small Things are ever said. The Big Things lurk unsaid inside" (Roy, 2017: 142).

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"Perhaps it's true that things can change in a day. That a few dozen hours can affect the outcome of whole lifetimes. And that when they do, those few dozen hours, like the salvaged remains of a burned house - the charred clock, the single photograph, the scorched furniture - must be resurrected from the ruins and examined. Preserved. Accounted for.  Little events, ordinary things smashed and reconstituted. Imbued with new meaning. Suddenly they become the bleached bones of a story" (Roy, 2017:32-33).