6. The story, like Rushdie's book, makes liberal use of foreshadowing. There is a suggestion of a motive for Rahel and Estha's involvement in Sophie Mol's death. Comment on this suggestion and its possible meaning or reason for inclusion.
"The backs of Rahel’s legs went wet and sweaty. Her skin slipped on the foamleather upholstery of the car seat. She and Estha knew about millstones. In Mutiny on the Bounty, when people died at sea, they were wrapped in white sheets and thrown overboard with millstones around their necks so that the corpses wouldn’t float. Estha wasn’t sure how they decided how many millstones to take with them before they set off on their voyage." (80)
The audience definitely knows Sophie is going to die well in advance of the event. After the capsizing of the boat the anticlimactic reaction is definitely a clue; paired with what Sophie says to them the night before pairs motive with opportunity. The term accidentally on purpose comes to mind. The mutiny on the Bounty reference evokes a colonial/imperial thematic content synonymous with their relationship.
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