In the book, The God of Small Things, the God of Small Things is referenced a lot. The small things and the God of them is ambiguous throughout the novel, but it is possible that Velutha is a representation of the God of Small things. In the last chapter of the book, Ammu and Velutha’s relationship is seen firsthand by the reader instead of hearing of it from other characters in the earlier parts of the book. They know that their relationship breaks the love laws and that they could never be together in public. In the end, Ammu says tomorrow to Velutha referring to her seeing him tomorrow. They take their lives one day at a time because their relationship is not socially acceptable. This makes sense too with Ammu’s dream about the one armed man who is constrained by something so he cannot be fully with her. Velutha is the God of Small Things because he cannot be the God of Big Things because of society’s constraints. He and Ammu only have small time together and small moments not big things like a future together. The novel focuses on how seemingly small things do have much larger effects on the characters. As an example, Estha’s singing leads him to be returned. Because he is singing, the Orangedrink Lemondrink man molests him, he thinks his Two Thoughts about the need to be prepared, then he and Rahel and Sophie Mol run away and Sophie Mol dies, then Margaret blames Estha and Baby Kochamma gets him returned. Another example of events causing bigger events is Joes accident and death causing Sophie Mol’s death, Velutha’s death, and Estha’s returning. because Joe dies, Sophie and Margaret go to Ayemenem, Sophie runs away with Estha and Rahel and dies. Then Baby Kochamma blames Velutha and he is murdered and Estha is later returned. The God of Small Things is about seemingly unconnected events influencing the future.
