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The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy is a multifaceted refreshing organise in a complex style. Roy has stealthily intertwined and connected her thoughts which require a deeper than surface level analysis from the readers. Creating an unusual yet successful tarradiddle that achieved praise from most literary critics. The novel narrates the story of the Ipe family from Aymenem, India. The numerous members of the house each add to the unraveling series of events and the result of Sophie Mols death. The novel uses a wide range of literary devices such as symbolic representation and themes homogeneous the caste system. Roy creates vibrant imagery through the use of distorts, to a greater extent specifically blue, red, and yellow, that aim to stir up precise affect on the readers as well as to convey certain themes such as colonialism and oppression. There are three major colors that show up in The God of Small Things, which consist of blue, red, and yellow. But, the cent ral color manoeuverim the novel is blue. Blue merely symbolizes imperialism. Pappachi, Baby Kochamma and Margaret Kochamma are the main representatives of the previous(a) social order that is under the threat of losing its grip on the local community (Sadaf 74). In particular, the characters Pappachi and Baby Kochamma try to spread their love for the incline culture in their post-colonial society. Ironically, the characters support Anglophilia instead of trying to salvage whatsoever is left of their rapidly diminishing Indian heritage and culture. Therefore, Roy might be attempting to portray these characters loyalty to the British culture by constantly associating them with the color blue. As a result, these characters along with the color blue aid in spreading Roys warnings about the negative effect... ... readers and created a realistic, nerve-racking mood. It is unmistakable that while composition the novel, Roy laid the foundations of her story and then began to build and better the story line, as she would with a building. Roy jumps from present metre to flashback each time creating a new puzzle for her audience to piece together. As we bare away the multiple layers of the story, Roys surprising talent in writing becomes obvious. She has somehow taken such a simple device like imagery, focused on specific colors and as a result, intentional such a memorable story that revolves around colors. Roy instills certain feelings in her audience and depicts the themes of oppression and colonialism through her use of color symbolism and imagery. As we begin to comprehend the meanings of these colors, we successfully start to grasp the multiple messages Roy attempts to pass on.