It seems as though Rahel's brother has just completely let himself go. Everyting seems to be a mess. I thought it was extremely weird that she just kind of stood there and watched him as he changed when she walked in. I find it weird that he did not notice her standing there watching him either. Maybe he just didn't want to notice her?
I get why Estha is kind of weird and reserved now. At the movie theatre, while they were watching The Sound of Music, what happened was just weird and gross. Estha sounds like he was being kind of annoying, singing all the songs and everything. The drink man at the counter was really creepy. I thought it was really, really gross that drink man flirted with Ammu in front of Estha, after what he just did. How old was Estha when this happened? I'm kind of confused, but I'm thinking he had to be kind of young, like a teenager?
There was also talk about communists in the the Paradise Pickles company. I did not know there were communists in India, or even the Middle East. I guess I just didn't really know what they were? This story is very depressing so far. It seems like nothing is going right for any of the characters, and this is only the beginning. Hopefully things will turn out better for them.
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The brother is in a "damaged" state and withdrawn from everyone. Later in the story we sort of find out why.
The story does jump around a lot in places. Sometimes we are given a scene of a flash back without warning. Many students who read this book complain of this one particular point.
India flirted with communisim after WW2, being neutral during the cold war. The government adopted a hybrid form of this, but mixed it with Capitalism too. This didn't work out too well.
Mr. Farrell
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