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Mammachi’s husband, an Imperial Entomologist who discovered a new species of moth but then didn’t have it named after him. This haunts him ever after, and Pappachi grows angry and cruel later in life. He viciously beats Mammachi and Ammu, all while acting like a kind husband and father in public.
Shri Benaan John Ipe (Pappachi) Quotes in The God of Small Things
The The God of Small Things quotes below are all either spoken by Shri Benaan John Ipe (Pappachi) or refer to Shri Benaan John Ipe (Pappachi). For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 2
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Pappachi would not allow Paravans into the house. Nobody would. They were not allowed to touch anything that Touchables touched. Caste Hindus and Caste Christians. Mammachi told Estha and Rahel that she could remember a time, in her girlhood, when Paravans were expected to crawl backwards with a broom, sweeping away their footprints so that Brahmins or Syrian Christians would not defile themselves by accidentally stepping into a Paravan’s footprint.
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Shri Benaan John Ipe (Pappachi) Quotes in The God of Small Things
The The God of Small Things quotes below are all either spoken by Shri Benaan John Ipe (Pappachi) or refer to Shri Benaan John Ipe (Pappachi). For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Chapter 2
Quotes
Pappachi would not allow Paravans into the house. Nobody would. They were not allowed to touch anything that Touchables touched. Caste Hindus and Caste Christians. Mammachi told Estha and Rahel that she could remember a time, in her girlhood, when Paravans were expected to crawl backwards with a broom, sweeping away their footprints so that Brahmins or Syrian Christians would not defile themselves by accidentally stepping into a Paravan’s footprint.
Related Characters:
Related Themes:
Explanation and Analysis:
