The memory of 9/11 is still strong in my mind. I first learned about the attack in my third grade class, when my teacher abruptly stopped teaching to turn on a very large radio. Even though I was just a child, the body language and hushed voices of the adults around me were enough to convince me that something was seriously wrong. A serious-looking news anchor was narrating the fateful report. Even though his words went through my eight-year-old's head, he still freaked me out. Even today, the memory of the man on the radio remains my strongest memory of 9/11. I think this story is a good way to illustrate how a child experiences traumatic experiences. Estha and Rahel, the child protagonists of Roy's God of Small Things, also experience trauma, although theirs is much worse than mine. It is significant that Roy made the main characters children. Because they are not weighed down by the prejudices that come with adulthood, children have a way of seeing things in a simplistic and brutal way. Because this book deals with complex themes of postcolonialism in India, having a child's simplistic view of the situation can be a great advantage. The book is as much about India as a whole as it is about one Ayemenem family. Therefore, many characters can be seen as symbols revealing how Roy feels about postcolonial India. Of all the characters who can be considered symbols, the most fascinating is Sophie Mol. The fact that Roy has written a character that combines Indian and English elements will be very important in understanding his vision of postcolonial India. Before we can understand Sophie Mol's place in history, we need to talk about the story itself. The book follows their demons into the middle of the paper and appears to begin what will be a long healing process. Roy ends with a slightly optimistic idea. Even if parents have failed, children can still learn from the mistakes of those who came before them. Works Cited Elwork, Paul. “The loss of Sophie Mol: degraded individuality and the colonial shadow in The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy.” South Asia Review 25.2 (2004): 178-88. Internet. May 11, 2014. This article helps present the concept that Sophie Mol is a metaphor. Roy, Arundhati. The God of small things. New York: Harper Perennial, 1997. Print. Wang, Jonathan. “Narrative time and postcolonial perspectives in Arundhati Roy’s The God of Small Things and Jhumpa Lahiri’s The Namesake.” Diss. Queens College, 2008. Print. This thesis helps to show how the fragmented lives of the twins can be seen in the structure of the book..