Significance of the title the god of small things
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We can associate the title "The God of Small Things" to the character, Velutha. However, of course, the significance of this title is much wider than merely representing his character.
This is an excerpt from the final chapter, where they refers to Ammu & Velutha -
Even later, on the thirteen nights that followed this one, instinctively they stuck to the Small Things. The Big Things ever lurked inside. They knew that there was nowhere for them to go. They had nothing. No future. So they stuck to the small things.
Ammu and Velutha realise that they are fighting a losing battle. So much goes against them as they break the "Love Laws" of caste and race (the “big things”). They instinctively accept the tragic fact that "they had nothing" and "nowhere to go", and so deliberately limit their thinking to the "small things" that enable them to enjoy their love until the inevitable happens.
In “The God Of Small Things” the main event is a funeral which is being attended by the main characters of the story. These are the characters who are suffering from a bad marriage in their real life. They are so bound in the pressure of the marriage they cannot step out from its boundary. These characters are expected to be in the relationships and not end it any point in time. Arundhati Roy reflects upon the life of the characters who have been the victims of the ruined marriages. The depiction of the monsoon wedding is symbolic of the negative effect on the individual which ruined marriages have.