Baby Kochamma

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Baby Kochamma is a bitter, manipulative grandaunt in Arundhati Roy’s novel *The God of Small Things*, whose actions and resentments profoundly shape the family’s tragedy.

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Baby Kochamma canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character
literary character
antagonistOf Ammu
Velutha
appearsIn The God of Small Things
betrays Velutha
causes Velutha's arrest
Velutha's death
family's downfall
separation of Estha and Rahel
characterTrait bitter
class-conscious
hypocritical
jealous
manipulative
religiously pretentious
resentful
convertsReligionFor Father Mulligan
convertsTo Roman Catholicism
createdBy Arundhati Roy
education convent training
falselyAccuses Velutha
familyName Kochamma
firstAppearance The God of Small Things
gender female
influences police
inLoveWith Father Mulligan
literaryRole major antagonist in The God of Small Things
locatedInFictional Kerala
manipulates Chacko
Estha
Mammachi
Rahel
police statement of Estha
nationality Indian
occupation television watcher
politicalView pro-Emergency
relativeOf Ammu
Chacko
Estha
Mammachi
Pappachi
Rahel
religion Syrian Christian
residence Ayemenem
roleInWork grandaunt of Estha and Rahel
socialAttitude casteist
classist
conservative
supports Indian Emergency (1975–1977)
surface form: Indian Emergency
symbolizes oppressive social order in the novel
unrequitedLoveFor Father Mulligan

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Rahel hasGreatAunt Baby Kochamma
Sophie Mol relatedTo Baby Kochamma