Some believe that borders are made to be broken, that lines are made to be crossed while others believe that we should not “ move an ancient boundary stone erected by [our] ancestors” (Proverbs 22:28). Everywhere we look, we come across a moral boundary that we at least think we shouldn't cross, but which we cross anyway. “As you sow, so shall you reap” is a familiar proverb we have all heard at some point in our lives (Roy 31). But is it true? Do we really get what we deserve? And if so, who then decides what is right and what is wrong? Who draws the line? Who sets the border? In The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy, most of the characters cross a moral boundary, we see boundaries being accepted, faced and even broken. Boundaries are expressed in many ways; perversion...
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