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Vikas Swarup's Slumdog Millionaire
Heartfelt moments from the lower-class children who have started from the bottom and made their way up are the best of the tales told. Vikas Swarup’s eye-opening novel, “Slumdog Millionaire”, previously published as “Q&A” in 2005 has only been portrayed to a degree through the movie “Slumdog Millionaire” directed by Danny Boyle, as the reader was further enticed than the audience. To present the protagonist Ram in the novel as a young boy, growing up from various locations, Mr. Swarup’s passages introduce meaningful stories as the whole plot is able to provide a rooted insight on the events occurring, in order to contribute to the overall planned layout. To provide emotion and to bring a special connection from the words on the page to the

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