The Cost of Living "The Cost of Living" is the last chapter in Arundhati Roy's The God of Small Things that tells the illicit love affair of Ammu and Velutha. ... A small thing such as a single blink in the Earth Woman's eye can make so many big things happen. Small things that seem inconsequential can result to a tragic end. ... The God of Small Things also presents the cost of living, politically and socially. ... Living, even if it means sticking to the smallness of things do have a price. ...

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WordsWorth Interview with Arundhati Roy Arundhati Roy, author of The God of Small Things (Random House, 1997) is living the dream of most first time novelists. ... The God of Small Things is a book that in all accuracy, can be said to have taken the publishing world by storm. ... That it has a small group of intellectuals, literary people, but very small, and the rest of the country's basically not interested in anything else that goes on in the world...So I was completely astounded to how open it has been to this book; I didn't expect it." ... The story in The God of Small Things ...

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In Arundhati Roy's complex novel, The God of Small Things, Love Laws are presented as rules that people are supposed to follow. ... Velutha, now known to Ammu as "the God of Loss, the God of Small Things" has Ammu in limbo, a mix between a possibly ending dream and an everlasting reality (210). ...

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The God of Small Things received England's 1997 Booker Prize making Arundhathi Roy the first Indian citizen to ever win the honour. ... Though Estha and Rahel are the central characters of the story Ammu also play a very important role in The God of Small Things. ... Theodre Preiser has made the following observation in his novel Sister Carrie: When a girl leaves home at eighteen she does one of two things. ... He was a pleasant looking small man working in Assaam an assistant manager of a tea estate. ... She is the most unforgettable character in The God of Small Things. ...

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Psalm 84 is a relatively small psalm consisting of only twelve verses. ... Hear my prayer, Lord God Almighty; listen to me, God of Jacob. ... For the Lord God is a sun and shield; the Lord bestows favor and honor; no good things does he withhold from those whose walk is blameless. ... Trust God in all you do. ... Whenever the people of God today fail to walk uprightly, their conduct naturally makes it impossible for the Lord, who does all things for the best of His children, to bestow many good things upon them that He would like to. ...

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Perhaps God's second experiment, Eve, let God down when she ate the apple. ... Many of the things God said to them are similar to things you would say to a dog or to a child. ... This could be compared to when you tell a small child not to touch the stove and two minutes later they come to you with a burn on their hand. God was disappointed in Eve and in man. ... Maybe this was God's motive. ...

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The price for this forgiveness is the simple acknowledgement that you accept God and know him for all the spectacular things he is. ... Past events in my life include terrible things such as the death of loved ones, car crashes, and injuries to my person and ego. ... I am told storing of me crawling up the stairs of my grandma's house as a small infant just to be able to let her hold me for a brief moment. ... He did not push the two cars into each other, nor did he cause the woman driving the smaller vehicle to die. ... God did not cause any of these things. ...

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The above quotation made me realize that the ultimate maker of our destiny is God. ... For each of us, let us enjoy the "little things" for one day we may look back and discover they were the "big things"-for victory comes in small packages. ...

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Mark's Gospel tells us references of Jesus" thoughts of the Kingdom Of God. The kingdom of God is a place for life after death. ... The seeds on the rocky ground symbolise people who willingly accept God's message but it quickly fades away when there is trouble about God's message. ... Another parable used by Jesus was the mustard seed (MK4:30-32), which is in relation to the people of the kingdom of God where it started of so small, like a mustard seed, and then grows tremendously into an empire, just like the mustard seed grows into huge plants. ... The light makes things v...

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It is a month where they get close with family and friends and throw away all the bad things and habits. ... Give small gifts and treats to the children and visit family and friends. ... Shahadah means that you declare there is no god except God and Muhammad is God's messenger. ... The home of God where you can go pray to god and be able to talk to him. ... All of the things they do for their religion makes them happy and is beneficial and good....

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It helps me realize many things, such as being wealthy person will not help us in entering God's kingdom. ... God is telling me that in order for me to have an eternal life and live in God's kingdom, I have to do the right thing, what is God want me to be and to do. ... As the time goes by in a person's life, sometimes we are getting in the point that we are choosing our gadgets to buy, unnecessary things to buy but do you think God once in a while? ... For me sacrificing some things that you have is just a small way where you can pay back the sacrifices that God have done. .....

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That key transition Sammy makes from a boy to a man relies on these three things: making a decision, dealing with the results of that decision, and moving forward in life; regardless of the outcome. ... Whether they are small or big, decisions could impact the whole dynamic of our daily lives. ... Sammy says to himself, "Now her hands are empty, not a ring or a bracelet, bare as God made them, and I wonder where the money's was coming from." ...

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The five points he uses for his arguments are: God is of infinite goodness, nature and efficient cause, possibility and necessity of existence of God, gradation in things, and governce of the world. ... According to the definition, if god is all good he would not want bad things (evil) to happen. God being all knowing would know about bad things and if he is all powerful would be able to stop all the bad from happening. ... For example, imagine a small room, there is absolutely nothing in there not even a spec of dust. ... Many argue if a god does exist then why do evil things happen as expl...

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This indicates that the God that they are interpreting is the creator of all living things. ... There are more letters included in this painting then just the Chi, Rho, and Iota, but they are a great deal smaller then the Chi, Rho, and Iota. These colors are shown in the smaller size letters, underneath the Chi, Rho, and Iota. ... The color gold could also suggest that their God is royal, or even that God is wealthy. ... (Possibly combine the top two paragraphs since both talk of color) The smaller letters in the painting are a great deal smaller then the Chi, Rho, Iota, this great size of ...

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Bad things are always happening to good people. ... A void that only God and time can heal. A void that would have been smaller if you had only taken the time to repay an act of kindness or a offer a simple Thank you or Job well done. Good things can happen to good people, only we have to do our part as well. ... God has called them home to be by his side and sing with the angels in heaven....

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With these things in mind I would like to bring enlightenment to how the understanding of the Kingdom of God influences our lives as followers of Christ. ... (Matthew 4:27) So the kingdom of God is at work in things that are ordinary and it brings growth, development and life. Another parable is a demonstration of a mustard seed and even though it is a small seed it grows and becomes big and birds are able to make nets and dwell in it. (Mark 4:31) Thus, there are things that are small and appear insignificant but still bring huge consequences in the kingdom of God. ... So to obey God's co...

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Thus, God must exist. ... The first objection to refute the claim that God exists mentions how "If God were to exist, nothing would be bad. But there are bad things in the world. Therefore, God does not exist.... Things have happened to me, that's all." ...

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In the chapter Fire Balloons, a small group of the Church's best priests take off for Mars, to find new sins and leaving old ones behind. ... They plan to build a church and bring God to them. ... s last cry causes a small avalanche. ... One of the balloons uses telepathy and the voice says a lot of things. ... They say they will never die nor do harm and living in God's grace. ...

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Thus God exists. ... Thus God exists. ... Thus God exists. ... Through consistency and coherence, people mistake new perceptions of things as old ones because they cannot tell the small differences that make it seem to be the same thing. ... Hume lists off other examples that basically portray the same picture that we say that things are the same but fail to realize that they are constantly changing. ...

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In the poem "i thank You God for most this amazing,"" E. ... As the creator of all things natural, God is responsible for the "leaping greenly spirits of trees- and the "blue true dream of sky- that fascinate and enthrall the speaker.These phrases, found in the first stanza of the poem, show how Cummings uses diction, color symbolism, and imagery to relate to the idea of rebirth.The spirit of a group is the essential nature of that group, the basic feelings and ideas that it holds.Trees are one of the most basic symbols representing nature.Therefore, by thanking God for the "leaping greenly s...

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In God of Small Things, Roy's uses "Heart of Darkness- to show a similarity to Conrad's novel by relating how the colonial powers invasion of India promoted darkness. ... (God of Small Things, 120) The Heart of Darkness here pertains to European style intrusion into the Indian landscape, which creates darkness. ... (God of Small Things, 119) The hotel does this to hide the smell from the river and excrement stemming from Ayenemen. ... (God of Small Things, 121) The use of "Heart of Darkness- also pertains to the exploited nature of one scene, in which the police men are beating up Ve...

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Hebrews 11:3 also states that "By faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that the things which are seen were not made of things which are visible." ... In Gen. 1:1 when it states, "God created the heavens and the earth." it is not limited to simply those two things, but they are an expression that encompasses every existing thing. ... Still, Creationists do have varying ideas of the process that God used to create mankind, the world, and all the things in it. ... One source states that "Several different Greek philosophers subscribed to a concept of originati...

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This novel is set in Kerala, South India, during the late 1960s. It revolves around two seven year old twins and their extended family. The story is about the loss of innocence of the two children, who become victims of prejudices of the caste system, patriarchal families, third world communism, and satellite television. The novel, in its own understated way, comments and analyses the transition of the Kerala of the sixties to the Kerala of today. Roy gives you an in-depth look into an Indian Society, through the eyes of these innocent children. ...

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The Power of God's Elect Puritan beliefs are very numerous and strong. One of their biggest beliefs was that they were of "God's elect." ... However, she justifies this act with scripture from Job, " The things that my Soul refused to touch, are as my sorrowful meat" (36). ... She shows that being God's elect takes much work and knowledge. ... It was God's will....

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"Inside," she is "calm" and "the things of death reach" but cannot disturb her for "all things concerning death and burial were said and done." ... She and Tea Cake and Motor Boat are stuck in a small house while the hurricane rages outside. ... God opened the door. God sent the storm. Janie and Tea Cake are destined to be together by God. ...

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