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Academic Paper from the year 2018 in the subject Didactics for the subject English - Literature, Works, University of Dhaka, course: Presentation and Viva, language: English, abstract: The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy is a depiction of the suppressed gender of the society. Though Ammu and Rahel did not sway in the stereotypical women, Baby Kochamma presented the typical woman who had willing submission due to the suppression of the opposite gender in order to merely survive in the family. Baby Kochamma had a large contribution in the separation of the twins and the trauma that wounded Ammu, Estha and Rahel. She is the conventional villain needlessly interfering with innocent lives. However what incidents shaped her as the villain, what were her insecurities, why she had to adapt such means to place herself as superior than others can bring out the actual reason of her villainry. In the patriarchal society women and children are categorized in the same level. Lord of the Flies by William Golding portrays the savagery of some decent little boys far from civilization in their disastrous attempt to govern themselves in a stranded island. Jack who later causes a ghastly, unthinkable turmoil in the group leads to the death of Simon and Piggy. Freudian repression theory can investigate the cruelty present in both Baby Kochamma and Ralph. What were their concealed, repressed desires that turned them into such phantoms can be found out through Freudian analysis. Feminist social theory about Feminism and Marxism, post-colonial feminist theory will help to comprehend both the adult and child's psychology regarding their own initiated action to control their surroundings.
