Recently for my literature &
media studies, we were assignment to read Marriage of a Thousand Lies. A novel written by SJ Sindu. I wasn’t able to finish it before the class,
but was more than captivated, enjoyable, and easy to get through. The novel is wrapped around the idea of two
girls who love each other, going against the norm. I was most interested in the two female characters’
on how they develop and slowly go different paths. In class we watched a film called Circumstance,
which is an adaptation to Sindu’s Marriage of a Thousand Lies. After the film, Sindu got to talk about
developing her novel and we got to ask her some questions.
The novel focus around two
sisters. One is very disruptive and a bit
more rebellious. And the other sister is
just disruptive but with limitations. The
rebellious sister challenges and goes against the traditional norms. These two girls share intimate moments that
leaves one unease when one is arranged a marriage. The sister accepts even though she truly didn’t
want it, however this part of the story shows that we are always presented with
two ideas or paths and we must choose one.
Which ever we choose, we have to make the best of it or at least put up
a front and pretend.
Hearing how Sindu goes on to create
her characters was pretty interesting.
These two girls and along with the other character were pretty
vivid. The information and description
was enough and not overboard with the characters.
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