Ch. 19&20

Baby is at the police station because the children were brought there. The policeman she had previously talked to was not as nice as before. They had talked to the children, and they said that they went to the house voluntarily. So the policeman has a few options. He can ask the children if Velutha abducted them, get a complaint from the rape victim (Baby had said that Velutha attempted to rape Ammu), or he can get Baby for a false report. I thought that Baby was horrible before but what she does next is the absolute worst. She threatens the children and plays mind games with them. I just can't believe she did this. Baby would rather let an innocent man die than tell the truth. Maybe in her eyes what he did was wrong, but that is still no excuse to let him die. She could even be taking out her frustration with love on Ammu and Velutha. i think she is selfish and just horrible.

Baby makes them think that they murdered Sophie and will go to jail, but she does give them a way out. She says that the officer will ask one question and all they have to do is answer yes. She says that Velutha will probably not make it through the night anyway. She asks them if they want to go to jail and if they want their mother to go. They end up saying yes, but it isn't even both of the kids. The officer only needs one, and Baby sends Estha. I think that this is probably what really made him change. Once he was older and fully understood the extent of what he had done, it was probably to much to deal with so he stopped dealing.

Velutha ends up dieing, and Baby thinks that she has gotten away with it. Then Ammu goes to the station and tells. She exploits her affair with Velutha. That is why she must leave and not take her children. Even though what she did was wrong, it was only wrong because of the Indian society. I am proud of Ammu for telling the truth. At least something truthful came out of the horrible situation. I am sad that Velutha died. He was honestly one of my favorite characters. He worked his way up and turned out to lead a pretty successful life. Velutha fought for what he believed was right which is a very good character trait. Rahel and Estha loved him because he played with them and loved them like his own. I wish that he could have gotten a chance to really live the life that he deserved.

Next, it tells of Estha's last few moments with his mother at the train station. It is sad because none of them knew it was there last time all together.