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Essay / The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy - 458
Some believe that boundaries are made to be broken, that lines are made to be crossed while others believe that we should "not move an old mark set by [our] ancestors” (Proverbs 22:28). Everywhere we look, we encounter a moral boundary that we at least think we should not cross, but which we do nonetheless. “As you sow, so will you reap” is a familiar proverb that we have all heard at some point in our lives (Roy 31). But is it true? Do we really get what we deserve? And if so, who then decides what is right and wrong? Who sets the limit? Who sets the limit? In The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy, most of the characters cross a moral boundary, we see boundaries that are accommodated, confronted and even broken. Limits are expressed in several ways; pervert...