Research Paper on:
Cultural Literature Issues

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They are stories which illustrates issues concerning patriarchal societies, colonial interruptions, and also novels which offer us simple looks at the complex notion of destiny. In the following paper we  examine the patriarchal conditions in "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy, "Maru" by Bessie Head, and "Jasmine" by Bharati Mukherjee. The paper then examines colonial and postcolonial conditions  in "Secrets" by Nuruddin Farah, "Moth Smoke" by Mohsin Hamid and "Grain of Wheat" by Ngugi wa Thiongo. The paper finishes with a discussion of destiny as presented in "The  Guide" by R.K. Narayan, "Ambigious Adventures" by Cheikh Kane and "Death of a Kings Horseman" by Wole Soyinka. Women in "The God of Small Things," "Maru,"  and "Jasmine" "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy is a novel about the lives of two Indian fraternal twins, one a boy and one a girl. It is  a story filled with numerous smaller stories, and a novel that truly provides material for analysis on perhaps any possible subject. In relationship to the foundations of a patriarchal society  we note that Rahel has managed to escape her society, to some extent, in marrying an American, though the marriage does not work out. She comes from a culture that  arranges marriages, though she also comes from a culture that, according to Indian standards, "Kerala is well known for its relative freedom for women. Despite the fact that Western readers  are likely to feel the female characters in this novel are intolerably constrained, they are in fact generally a highly assertive and energetic bunch; though Roy clearly seeks to depict  as well the various ways in which they have been hurt by male domination" (Brians). This is seen through the arranged marriages as well as through the caste system which