There is a lot of focus on a the river in the beginning of chapter 5. The locals have used it for many things, like boating and taking baths, but this river has a bad smell and people cannot swim in it anymore. At the end of Chapter 5, Rahel and Comrade Pillai are looking at black and white photographs. There is also something mentioned about the children and parents being mixed up or something?
In Chapter 6, Rahel is at Cochin Airport and Sophie Mol is coming in on a flight. When Sophie and Chacko's ex-wife finally arrive, it is kind of awkward. Chacko keeps calling her his wife, but she does not correct him. It seems as though she wants to, but nothing ever comes out of her mouth. Maybe this symbolizes something later to come?
Sophie seems like she is very stuck-up. She has Rahel and Estha play fashion models with her in the airport. It shows that she has a little bit of an imagination, but she seems bossy. Sophie also seems like she is very spoiled, and she gets everything that she wants. Baby Kochamma tells Sophie that she reminds her of a character from The Tempest, a Shakespeare play, and Sophie does not understand at all. This makes me think that she is somewhat stuck up, being that she is from England. She seems like she only cares about herself, and I think that this will hurt her later on.
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We see later in the story, that the river plays a very big (tragic) role in the story. I think this is made to be a bit of foreshadowing?
Mixed up might refer to the Caste system?
The relationship between Chako and his women is strange. Sophie is coming to visit, but doesn't really live in India. Good call on the "stuck up" part.
Mr. Farrell
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