Post-Colonialism Literature

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This paper is an analysis of how families were fragmented or even destroyed as part of the post-colonial experience as expressed in two novels "Things Fall Apart" and "The God of Small Things". The author points that, in each book, the experience is quite different. The paper relates that Achebe's book uses a mixture of destruction and potential; whereas, Roy focuses on instability.

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In both Things Fall Apart and The God of Small Things, the same patterns are observed to be transmitted through the family over generations. However, whereas hatred for the parent and a refusal of identity with him are seen in Achebe's novel, in Roy's work the pattern manifests itself in dysfunction, alienation from self and social problems. The source of these patterns is located in transgressions of the most crucial cultural norms and the price to be paid. Family composition in the two novels is diametrically opposed in terms of visibility of gender.

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