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She is Estha and Rahel's mother. She is married to Babu, the children's alcoholic father. She ends up having an affair and is forced to leave her home. She then dies while out on a business trip.

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She is the daughter of Chacko and Margaret. After her stepfather dies she visits Ayemenem but ends up dying in the river and becomes a large factor in the plot of the story.

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She is the female twin and had a strong connection to Estha when they were children. Rahel grew up in Ayemenem but later moved to the United States with her husband.

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He is the twin of Rahel and was born eighteen minutes before her. His full name is Estappen. After the death of his cousin he is sent away to live with his father and later becomes voluntarily mute.

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In this novel characters are constantly coming across the struggles of class. There are many examples in the story where characters are limited because of society's standard and the emphasis on class and rank.

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The God of Small Things deals with complicated relationships between sister and brother, mother and children and children and cousins. The novel expresses how confusing and messy families can be as well as showing how people can feel obligated to love their family just because they are related.

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The God of Small Things is a novel written by Aurndhati Roy. His book was originally published in 1997 and later that year it won the Booker Prize for best novel written in English. The story takes place in Ayemenem, India and follows twins, Estha and Rahel, as a traumatic event sparks their emotional and psychological evolution. The siblings end up getting split up for 25 years but then reunite as emotionally damaged adults to support one another by “breaking love laws”.