Chacko

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Chacko is a central character in Arundhati Roy’s novel "The God of Small Things," portrayed as an Oxford-educated, Marxist-leaning member of the Ipe family whose personal failures and contradictions reflect the book’s broader themes of class, power, and postcolonial identity.

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Chacko canonical 11

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Character in a novel ⓘ
Fictional character ⓘ
Literary character ⓘ
appearsIn The God of Small Things ⓘ
associatedWith Communist politics in Kerala ⓘ
Postcolonial elite ⓘ
authorNationality Indian (Arundhati Roy) ⓘ
basedInWork The God of Small Things ⓘ
characterTrait Contradictory ⓘ
Intellectual ⓘ
Self-indulgent ⓘ
countryOfOrigin India ⓘ
createdBy Arundhati Roy ⓘ
educatedAt University of Oxford ⓘ
educationLevel Oxford-educated ⓘ
employer Paradise Pickles and Preserves ⓘ
familyName Ipe ⓘ
fictionalUniverse The God of Small Things ⓘ
firstAppearance The God of Small Things ⓘ
gender Male ⓘ
hasChild Sophie Mol ⓘ
hasNephew Estha ⓘ
hasNiece Rahel ⓘ
hasSibling Ammu ⓘ
hasSpouse Margaret Kochamma ⓘ
linked to: Kochamma
ideology Marxism ⓘ
language English ⓘ
Malayalam ⓘ
literaryPeriod Late 20th-century Indian English literature ⓘ
locatedInFictional Kerala ⓘ
maritalStatus Divorced ⓘ
memberOf Ipe family ⓘ
linked to: Dalbergia
narrativeFunction Embodies contradictions between ideology and practice ⓘ
narrativeRole Central character ⓘ
nationalityInFiction Indian ⓘ
occupation Factory owner ⓘ
Manager of Paradise Pickles and Preserves ⓘ
politicalOrientation Marxist-leaning ⓘ
publicationOfFirstAppearance 1997 ⓘ
publisherOfWork IndiaInk (India edition of The God of Small Things) ⓘ
Random House (international edition of The God of Small Things) ⓘ
linked to: Random House
residence Ayemenem ⓘ
setIn Ayemenem, Kerala, India ⓘ
themeConnection Class ⓘ
Gender relations ⓘ
Postcolonial identity ⓘ
Power ⓘ

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Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Rahel → hasUncle → Chacko ⓘ
Estha → hasUncle → Chacko ⓘ
Ammu → hasSibling → Chacko ⓘ
Velutha → employedBy → Chacko ⓘ
Baby Kochamma → relativeOf → Chacko ⓘ
Baby Kochamma → manipulates → Chacko ⓘ
Sophie Mol → relatedTo → Chacko ⓘ
Mammachi → hasChild → Chacko ⓘ
Mammachi → coOwnsWith → Chacko ⓘ