Unique Cultures in Arundhati Roy’s The God of Small...

Unique Cultures in Arundhati Roy’s The God of Small Things and Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart There are a variety of cultures in this world and each culture is unique. Usually when one was born and raised in a certain culture, that person may adapt to that culture for a period of time. It is sometimes difficult to look into someone else’s culture, and understand their culture. Sometimes one must keep an open mind, study the culture, or live in another culture to understand the culture. When reading â€Å"The God of Small Things† by Arundhati Roy, and â€Å"Things Fall Apartâ€Å", by Chinua Achebe one must look beyond their culture to understand how others live in a different culture. When I read Roy’s novel, I did not get a great†¦show more content†¦The twin’s mother, Baby Kochamma, Kochu Maria, and Chacko lived together. This family stuck together through good and bad times throughout this book. If something happened to one of the family members, the whole family was there for each other for love and support. For example, the twin’s mother left their father, because he was an abusive alcoholic. She took her twins with her to live with Baby Kochamma and Chacko. Together they raised the twins. In â€Å"Things Fall Apartâ€Å", the characters were of an African clan. The clan consists of husbands with wives. The men had children from each wife. Women and daughter would serve the father food, and whatever he ordered them to do. The sons would not do much service. They would listen to the father tell them stories, to teach the sons how to be a strong man when they grow up. The men would teach the sons that women were not intelligent. For example, in â€Å"Things Fall Apartâ€Å", the characters were Okwonkwo, his wives and children. There were also some other members of the clan in the story. Okwonkwo was telling his sons stories about masculinity. His son Nwoye knew that these stories were told so he could become a strong man. He should not listen to women tell stories, because they were foolish stories. â€Å"That was the kind of story that Nwoye loved. But he now knew that they were for foolish women and children, and he knew his father wanted him to be a