29. Works Cited

Amrita816. "Chapter 21The Cost of Living for Arundhati Roy - The God of Small Things." Scribd. Web. 20 May 2012. <http://www.scribd.com/doc/76998294/21/Chapter-21-The-Cost-of-Living>.


"Banned Books." : The God of Small Things. Web. 20 May 2012. <http://bannedbookschallenge.blogspot.com/2007/11/god-of-small-things-wendys-review.html>.


"Our Diocese - Location | Diocese of Neyyattinkara." Our Diocese - Location | Diocese of Neyyattinkara. Web. 20 May 2012. <http://www.diocese-neyyattinkara.net/diocese/location/>.


"The God of Small Things Characters." Study Guides & Essay Editing. Web. 20 May 2012. <http://www.gradesaver.com/the-god-of-small-things/study-guide/character-list/>.


 "The God of Small Things [Paperback]." Amazon.com: The God of Small Things (9780060977498): Arundhati Roy: Books. Web. 20 May 2012. <http://www.amazon.com/The-God-Small-Things-Arundhati/dp/0060977493>.


 "The God of Small Things Plot Analysis." Shmoop. Web. 20 May 2012. <http://www.shmoop.com/god-of-small-things/plot-analysis.html>.


"The God of Small Things Quotes." By Arundhati Roy. Web. 20 May 2012. <http://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/810135-the-god-of-small-things>.

30. Reflection Paragraph on Sources

The sources that I used were not as helpful as I would have liked, but I worked with them. I never did learn who it was that actually challenged the book, so that was discouraging. I searched for three hours just trying to find one topic for this novel! It was very stressfull. The most useful source that I found was probably the blog by Wendy. It really helped me learn the most about the ban more than any other site I could find! The most trustworthy was probably gradesaver.com because it had so many of their sources listed when it came to background information on the characters.

28. Reflection on Findings and Process

    What I discovered in my research is that this book has absolutely nothing to do with what I expected! It did surprise me a lot because I expected it to be a sweet little story about candy canes and sugar plums that express how great the small things of God are but no ma'am it was not. It did prove the same point that I expected Roy just did it MUCH differently than I thought she would. The most interesting thing I found was probably how explicit the novel was.
    I really enjoyed doing the ToonDoodle and Wordle's in this project. I have never had a project where I could hardly find ANY research on it! It was definitely a challenge! I hated digging for information for hours and never finding it! It was awful! If I did it over I would have chose a different book because this book sucks. I hated it!

27. Finding Paragraph 3

Another question that I had was "Who are the main characters?" The main characters are Estha and Rahel. Estha, according to gradesaver.com,  is sent to live with his father, Babu, in Assam after Sophi Mol's death. At the age of thirty-one, he moves back to Ayemenem. It also says that much of the story is told from Rahel's perspective as a seven-year-old girl and as a thirty-one-year-old woman. She has an instinctive connecton to Estha, and as a child she could share experiences and memories with him unconsciously.
http://www.gradesaver.com/the-god-of-small-things/study-guide/character-list/

26. Finding Paragraph 2

Another question that I had about my book was "Where do they live?" Amazon.com states that it is Set in Kerala during the late 1960s when communism rattled the age-old caste system. They stay in a small home in Kerala. The city that they live in in Kerala is called Ayemenem. It goes on to tell how the story begins in a mossy, soaky, and dusty home in Ayemenem.
http://www.amazon.com/The-God-Small-Things-Arundhati/dp/0060977493

25. Finding Paragraph 1

In my first few blogs I wrote questions that I had about my book. The main question that I had about my book is what is the main conflict in the story. The conflict in the story is when Estha is molested by the Orangedrink Lemondrink man. It's also when Ammu is insulted by Rahel. In the quote that I put up about "careless words making people love you less" is the conflict point where Rahel insults Ammu.
http://www.shmoop.com/god-of-small-things/plot-analysis.html

21. Groups that have banned the book and Citation

According to "Wendy's Review", "The God Of Small things was not officially banned, but it faced controversy and challenges in India. Roy faced an obscenity trial for her depiction of love between a Christian woman and a low caste Hindu servant. The novel included pedophilia and incest, but apparently those issues were not what made the novel 'obscene.'" As for who challenged it I couldn't find any information on that.
http://bannedbookschallenge.blogspot.com/2007/11/god-of-small-things-wendys-review.html