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    The document summarizes the main characters in the novel The God of Small Things. It describes Rahel and Estha, twins who are part of the Ipe family in Kerala, India. It outlines their mother Ammu, who has a forbidden relationship with an Untouchable man named Velutha. It also describes their grandmother Mammachi and grandfather Pappachi, as well as other relatives like Chacko, Baby Kochamma, and Sophie Mol who gets involved in a tragic incident. The minor characters are also briefly introduced.

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    The document summarizes the main characters in the novel The God of Small Things. It describes Rahel and Estha, twins who are part of the Ipe family in Kerala, India. It outlines their mother Ammu, who has a forbidden relationship with an Untouchable man named Velutha. It also describes their grandmother Mammachi and grandfather Pappachi, as well as other relatives like Chacko, Baby Kochamma, and Sophie Mol who gets involved in a tragic incident. The minor characters are also briefly introduced.

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    The document summarizes the main characters in the novel The God of Small Things. It describes Rahel and Estha, twins who are part of the Ipe family in Kerala, India. It outlines their mother Ammu, who has a forbidden relationship with an Untouchable man named Velutha. It also describes their grandmother Mammachi and grandfather Pappachi, as well as other relatives like Chacko, Baby Kochamma, and Sophie Mol who gets involved in a tragic incident. The minor characters are also briefly introduced.

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    The God of Small Things Characters

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    The document summarizes the main characters in the novel The God of Small Things. It describes Rahel and Estha, twins who are part of the Ipe family in Kerala, India. It outlines their mother Ammu, who has a forbidden relationship with an Untouchable man named Velutha. It also describes their grandmother Mammachi and grandfather Pappachi, as well as other relatives like Chacko, Baby Kochamma, and Sophie Mol who gets involved in a tragic incident. The minor characters are also briefly introduced.

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    The God of Small Things (main Mammachi

    characters) Estha's and Rahel's blind grandmother. She is


    unhappily married to Pappachi, who beats her
    Rahel Ipe (Rahel): terribly until Chacko defends her.
    Estha's female fraternal twin. Much of the story is Pappachi
    told from Rahel's perspective as a seven-year-old girl Estha's and Rahel's grandfather. Pappachi holds
    and as a thirty-one-year-old woman. She grows up in a post as an Imperial Entomologist at the Pusa
    Ayemenem but, as an adult, lives in the United States Institute in Delhi. He discovers a new species of
    with her husband, Larry McCaslin. moth but is never recognized for his discovery,
    Esthappen Yako Ipe (Estha): Velutha
    Rahel's male fraternal twin. His full name is An Untouchable Paravan who serves as a handyman
    Esthappen. After Sophie Mol's death, he is sent to for Ammu, Mammachi, and the rest of the family. He
    live with his father, Babu, in Assam. At the age of has a close relationship with Estha and Rahel,
    thirty-one, he moves back to Ayemenem. He is Velutha has an affair with Ammu.
    considered crazy by the other inhabitants of
    Ayemenem except for Rahel.  Minor Characters
    Ammu: Vellya Paapen
    Estha's and Rahel's mother. She married Babu in a Velutha's father and an old, fond acquaintance of
    glamorous ceremony, but she soon became Mammachi.
    disillusioned with their marriage because her
    husband was an alcoholic. She has an affair with the
    Kuttappen
    Untouchable handyman, Velutha. She dies at the age Velutha's paralyzed brother. He helps Estha and
    of thirty-one. Rahel figure out how to fix their boat.

    Babu: Father Mulligan


    Estha's and Rahel's father and Ammu's ex- A priest who is in Ayemenem when Baby
    husband. He is an alcoholic who is talked about but Kochamma is a young woman. Father Mulligan is
    never seen in the novel. Estha lives with him when not interested in Baby Kochamma.
    he works on a tea estate in Assam. Kochu Maria
    Baby Kochamma: A tiny, pudgy house servant who, until the twins
    Rahel's and Estha's grandaunt. She has a degree return, is the only other person living in the
    in ornamental gardening, but in her old age she Ayemenem House with Baby Kochamma.
    simply watches television and writes in her diary. Mr. Hollick
    Baby Kochamma develops an infatuation with a Babu's boss at the Assam tea estate. He gives Babu
    monk, Father Mulligan, while young and joins a an ultimatum: lose his job or send Ammu to sleep
    convent to win his affection. with Mr. Hollick.
    Chacko: Larry McCaslin
    Rahel's and Estha's uncle, and Mammachi's and Rahel's American ex-husband. He falls in love with
    Pappachi's only son. He was a Rhodes Scholar at and marries Rahel.
    Oxford, and he is now a Communist. Chacko Comrade Pillai
    marriages to Margaret Kochamma and get separated Leader of the Communist Party in Ayemenem. He
    later. has a very intelligent son named Lenin.
    Margaret Kochamma: Kochu Thomban
    Sophie Mol’s mother and Chacko’s ex-wife. An elephant that sleeps in the temple while Rahel
    and Estha watch the Kathakali performance.
    Sophie Mol:
    The daughter of Chacko and Margaret Kochamma. Orangedrink Lemondrink man
    After her stepfather Joe dies, she visits Ayemenem The man at the concessions stand in the lobby of
    with her mother. She drowns in the Ayemenem river. Abhilask Talkies. He molests Estha in the lobby.
    Joe: Inspector Thomas Mathew
    Margaret Kochamma's true love and Sophie Mol's The police inspector who interviews Baby
    stepfather. He dies in an accident. Kochamma on the night Velutha dies

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