2022 IB Diploma Extended Essays

How does Arundhati Roy explore the impacts of cultural values on the lives of individuals in ‘The God of Small Things’?

Table of Contents

Introduction ............................................................................................................................... 3

Part 1: Kerala’s Changing Society ...........................................................................................5

Part 2: ‘Love Laws’ and the Search for Human Connection .................................................9

Part 3: Collective Trauma and Colonisation .........................................................................12

Conclusion ............................................................................................................................... 15

References ...............................................................................................................................16

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