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Critically assess the role of Velutha in the novel The God of Small Things.
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Aditya Nanavati 1 February 2001 English 11 Essay: Critically assess the role of Velutha in the novel The God of Small Things In The God of Small Things, Arundhati Roy uses the character of Velutha to explore the caste system and more specifically, the idea of untouchables. She shows how society looks upon the untouchables by the way in which the characters treat Velutha, an untouchable. His relationship with Ammu shows how people are also friendly to untouchables but moreover that untouchables go to other untouchables as there is no one else for them. Mainly, Roy compares being an untouchable to being handicapped. Roy writes about untouchables being like physically disabled. In her dream, Ammu sees a man with her. "...a cheerful man with one are held her close...He had no other arm" shows that the person with her is handicapped as he has only one arm. Her dream goes on "He could do only...
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