TGOST Ch. 17 & 18

Estha is sitting on his bed watching Rahel sleep, which is kind of weird, but it reminds him of his mother. He ironed Rahel's clothes for her, which I thought was kind of weird. Even though I do not personally believe this, I thought that would be seen as a woman's job, and Rahel would have ironed Estha's clothes, not the other way around.

It talks about Sophie's death, and the official version that was in the papers. It is kind of weird that the children thought that they were going to get in trouble and go to jail because of it, but it is auctually Velutha that is taking the blame. I thought they mentioned that there was someone sleeping under the bush that the children did not notice. Velutha swimming across the river and the Sophie's death must have been in the same night. Why else would Velutha be sleeping out under a bush. I didn't think that when they noted a man sleeping under a bush, it would be a big deal, but I guess it is. They also talk about the Pickly factory, and that Velutha is also getting in trouble for being communist in the company.

The story then goes back to the day of Sophie's death, and it describes all the policemen there with their handcuffs, investigating. The policemen find the twins and Velutha in his History house. They beat him, and they almost kill him. The children have to sit there and watch every second of this. Yet another event to add to the list of things gone wrong for these children. No wonder why Estha doesn't talk any more. I would never talk either if I had to deal with the things that he has gone through. I can't believe that the policemen think they have done a good thing for the children. They think that they have saved them from this untouchable man, but really this is just one more thing that will scar them for life. I have two words to describe this: ridiculous and crazy.