ROY up to 225

As we forge on in Roy's elliptical novel, we should keep in mind the final task of this course: to gather ideas about S. Asian diasporic literature in general, drawing examples from the works we've read. With that in mind, try this for your post: pick a theme, character, motif, or stylistic quirk from the passages we've read and compare it to  a specific and similar feature of Naipaul's or Rushdie's book - or one of the stories. Such a theme could be the play (perforance, articiality); the "wisdom exercise notebooks" (archaic ideas about human development); Ammu's and Velutha's love (secretive love that defies religious strictures); the Ayemenem House; the History House; the role of accident; filmic or pop culture references; depictions of the body; instances of memory being unreliable, etc. Your post should contain two passages: one from Roy and one from another text - include a quote and page number from Roy: just a page number from the non-Roy text is fine.