The God of Small Things - Character Study

Greetings!
I will be out today - I'm in Boston for the National Council of Teachers of English conference.

You will be working with your group today.  I've asked the sub to assign one character to each group. Once you have that, you will turn your attention to chapters 11-14 then to go this sheet that explains the work you'll do today: The God of Small Things character study.

I think you'll be able to complete it during the period today.

Enjoy your reading over the weekend - we're just about at the end of the book!

See you Monday.

Some topics / themes / ideas for The God of Small Things

1.      The grotesque (fantastically ugly or absurd; unnatural; bizarre)

2.      Loss of innocence

3.      Silence / making noise

4.      Big issues lurking below the surface

5.      Subconscious connections between characters

6.      The Love Laws

7.      Big Things and Small Things

8.      How information we’ve learned previously about a character reappears and helps shape our understanding of that character

The God of Small Things - Resources

Please take the time to check out the "resources" tab for help with The God of Small Things.

I will be updating it as we go through this unit.

The God of Small Things - Chapter 1

Today in class we worked in small groups to explore these aspects of chapter 1:

• character
• Estha
• Rahel
• Baby Kochamma
• Sophie Mol
• a timeline of events
• settings
• issues
• family matters

You wrote your first journal entry for the book the work your group did.  For chapter 2, you may want to return to the same concerns for your journal entry.

The God of Small Things - Calendars

Links to calendars for our next unit are now available under the "calendars" tab

Also, here is a family tree that might be helpful:

Hamlet Radio Show

Because of the fire drill at the end of 2nd period today we did not get to listen to the last 8 minutes of the show.  I highly recommend listening to the end of it.  You can find the entire show by clicking here or on the link below.  Scan ahead to about the 50 minute mark.

I look forward to our conversation about it.  Have a great weekend!

This American Life - Act V - Hamlet