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Library's collection Library's IT development CancelIn 1960s, caste issue is still an interesting discussion to be talked about in
India especially in Ayemenem, a rural village in Kerala State as the setting of The
God of Small Things. This novel talks about the superiority of the caste system
which harms Velutha, a male character who is a Paravan or it is known as a caste
of the Untouchables. The caste system hinders Velutha to find equality especially
in his role as a laborer in the Paradise Pickles and Preserves factory and in his
social relationship with the members of the society who come from the higher
castes. Velutha feel that there some injustice that he faces. Therefore, I am
curious to know what the reasons that make Velutha break caste system and what
efforts that he does to win his struggle against caste system in relation to the
ideology of Marxism. For this topic, I only choose to analyze one character "
Velutha because he is very dominant in being harmed by the caste system. To
analyze the novel, I use cultural approach such as the concept of Caste and
Marxist theory; also, psychological theory namely the hierarchy of needs. The
character in this novel tries to express his reasons to break caste system but
mainly there are two reasons that cause Velutha?s desire to deconstruct caste
system " the society treats him unfairly and the lose of acknowledgements to
Velutha. Besides that, there are also struggles against caste system by using
Marxism. However, Velutha?s struggles lead him to the unhappy ending " death.
In the end of the analysis, the readers can see that the caste system is very strong
and unbreakable. It is so powerful that Marxism which is considered as a classless
theory cannot be applied to deconstruct caste system.