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Storytelling--the reliance on memory to tell the truth in Arundhati…
Storytelling--the reliance on memory to tell the truth in Arundhati Roy's
The God of Small Things.
Memory
Concrete
Events/Moments
It is curious how sometimes the
memory
of death lives on for so much longer than the
memory
of the life that it purloined. (17)
Ammu's soft mouth would twist into a small, bitter smile at the
memory,
not of the wedding itself so much as the fact that she had permitted herself to be so painstakingly decorated before being led to the gallows. (43)
Drawn by the
memory
of steep roofs and white
walls. (183)
Now, these years later, Rahel has a
memory
of waking up one night giggling at Estha's funny dream. (5)
People
But worst of all, he carried inside him the
memory
of a young
man with an old man's mouth. (32)
The
memory
of a swollen face and a smashed, upside-down smile.
Imprint her on his
memory.
To ensure that when he thought of
her, the child that he invoked would be accurate. (111)
but joined by a story. And the
memory
of another mother. (222)
Of him she had no
memory
at all. (249)
Sophie Mol became a
Memory
, while The Loss of Sophie Mol grew robust and alive. (253)
At least her
memory
of him was hers. (282)
Over the years, as the
memory
of Sophie Mol [...] slowly faded (17)
In her
memory
of him, he embraced her. Just her. In the way a man embraces a woman. (282)
Abstract/feelings
Heaven opened and the water hammered down, reviving the reluctant old well, greenmossing the pigless pigsty, carpet bombing still, tea-colored puddles the way
memory
bombs still, tea-colored minds. (11)
It sent its stealthy, suckered tentacles inching along the insides of his skull, hoovering the knolls and dells of his
memory,
dislodging old sentences, whisking them off the tip of his tongue. (13)
Memory
was that woman on the train. (69)
they exchanged secret smiles that invoked the joint
memory
of their Laugh. (232)
Her
memory
of the days that followed was fuzzy. Long, dim,
hours of thick, furry-tongued serenity (249)
Truth
Based in Perceptions/worldly
"Spoken like a
true
bourgeoise." (59)
With the certitude of a
true
believer, Vellya Paapen had assured the twins that there was no such thing in the world as a black cat. (79)
There was a voice from outside the picture. It was clear and
true
, cutting through the fan-whirring, peanut-crunching darkness. (95)
It was by no means a
true
gauge of her feelings. (144)
It's
true
. Things can change in a day. (183)
gave Ayemenern the semblance of rural quietness. In
truth
, its population had swelled to the size of a little town. (122)
Because the
truth
is, that only what counts counts. (208)
The
truth
is that in his years at Oxford, Chacko rarely thought of them. Too much was happening in his life and Ayemenern seemed so far away. (234)
Based in imagination
It's
true
(and must be said) that it would have been easier to notice these things lying in a coffin looking up than standing in the pews, hemmed in by sad hips and hymnbooks. (7)
Possible truths
Perhaps it's
true
that things can change in a day. That a few dozen hours can affect the outcome of whole lifetimes. (32)
"And brandy.
True
."
"And looks right and left."
"
True
." (201)
"It must be
true,"
she said in a quiet voice. (243)
True,
he was a Paravan.
True
, he had misbehaved. (298)
Clearly he didn't expect the
truth
from her, but why didn't he at least bother to pretend otherwise? (125)
Untruths
though he knew it to be
untrue
, did Comrade Pillai refute the allegation of attempted rape in Baby Kochamma's First Information Report (248).
True to self
The careless, reckless lines were mistaken for artistic confidence, though in
truth
, their creator was no artist. (19)
Leaving everybody to wonder where she had learned her effrontery from. And
truth
be told, it was no small wondering matter. Because Ammu had not had the kind of education, nor read the sorts of books, nor met the sorts of people, that might have influenced her to think the way she did. She was just that sort of animal. (171)
Facts
Corrections
Estha had always been a quiet child, so no one could pinpoint with any degree of accuracy exactly when (the year, if not the month or day) he had stopped talking. Stopped talking altogether, that is. The
fact
is that there wasn't an "exactly when." It had been a gradual winding down and closing shop. (12)