The+God+of+Small+Things


 * DIRECTIONS: Each student in the group is responsible for inventing one discussion question. This discussion question must be posted on the Monday of each week, ensuring time for discussion of each question. Each member of the group, including the person who invented the question, MUST respond to the discussion AT LEAST twice EACH week. Your participation in these online discussions, along with the amount of effort and reflection put into your responses, will account for a portion of your Literature Circle final grade. Each time you post a discussion question or a response,you MUST skip a space from what was written above, and you MUST begin your writing with your last name and first initial so I can mark your participation. It would also be helpful if you choose a specific colour and stick to that colour each week to identify yourself with also.

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Week 2 Discussion Question: AndrewsB - Why would Estha be by himself in a pickle factory? Is this important at all? How does banana jam being illegal have any importance in the book? Do you think the history house has any importance in the novel now and possibly later on? Why would Ammu dream of wanting a one-armed man to make love to her? Do you think the dancers story might relate to Rahel and Estha's family and life? If there's anything else you would like to discuss include that in your reply.

Week 1 Discussion** **Question: HoveyK - So far in the chapters we have read, we have realized that Estha and Rachel are extremly close, there are stories about identical twins who can sense eachothers thoughts, emotions, etc. Although the twins are not identical, how do you think their connections are important to the story? Why do you suppose Rachel has memories belonging to Estha? What effect does their separating have on them, and why is this important? will their reuniting bring about a change or a revelation in the novel? Is there a conection to their situation that could relate to thier mother Ammu's (before her death) thought on Sophies being burried alive? Give opinions, thoughts and possible predictions or theories on how this could be important to the novel.

AndrewsB - I think Estha and Rahel's conection is important to the story because even though they are not identical twins they are very close to each other. I think Rahel having memories that belong to Estha could possobly mean that they are connected in a way that they can some how share thoughts and memories with each other. The effect of them being separated may explain why Estha doesn't talk anymore and how Rahel is never able to stay in the same school for very long. This is important because now that they are together again, Estha might start talking again and Rahel could possobly stay in the same school without getting kicked out. I think that they're connections relate to how there mother thought that Sophie was burried alive, that might be why they are so close and connected. So far the novel is very confusing because of all the flash backs, and the fact that the novel doesn't seem to be going anywhere

HoveyK - I also think that Rachel and Estha have an important connection that allows them to share thoughts and memories with eachother. I think That their separation is the reason of their silence and school problems. Also the death of their mother could be a part of this aswell. Now that they are reunited they seem to be thinking about a lot of past tense times and we may find out what is happening in their minds as the story unfolds. I think Estha will start talking now that he and his sister are together agaain, and Rachel might become better at school. Ammu thought Sophie was still alive. I think that Rachel, Estha and thier mother Ammu may be closely conected somehow by their minds. **