The White Tiger And The Pearl Essay
Texts: The White Tiger and The Pearl
Thesis: Both Balram from The White Tiger and Kino from The Pearl were born in poverty and living under the heavy oppressions of the upper class. The impact of the family drove them to fight against their own established fates and try to escape from the oppression of society.
Book 1 - The White Tiger
Balram was born in poverty. During his growth, he was deeply affected by his family, which developed a desire for him, to escape the poverty and be a successful man. He started to realize that only a high-status person can enjoy the basic living rights after his father died, due to the poverty and low-status identity. It also buried a seed of resentment in his subconscious; he blamed the corrupted society for his father’s death, which inspired him …show more content…
The extreme ambition of being a successful man drove him to use violence as a measure to gain success.When the only chance appeared, killing Mr. Ashok and stealing his money, Balram caught and made it. Earth-shaking changes have taken placed in his life. He became a powerful, rich, privileged and successful man. His established fate has been broken, but he is still in the part of this system. He achieved changing his fate but failed in escaping the system.
Book 2 – The Pearl
Kino was born in poverty, working as a pearl diver and living in a brush house by the sea with his family. The family takes the first place in his mind and life. One day, his son was stung by a scorpion suddenly. His son’s in danger and family duty force him to embark on the fate-changing road. He decided to go to the town and get a treatment for his only son, Coyotito. It is not common and easy for low-status people, who live under the fear and oppression of upper class, to ask help from high-status people. The doctor in town, who only cures the rich and powerful people, refused to treat Coyotito, due to Kino’s poverty and low-status identity. For people who living in town, they do not care about lives
Thesis: Both Balram from The White Tiger and Kino from The Pearl were born in poverty and living under the heavy oppressions of the upper class. The impact of the family drove them to fight against their own established fates and try to escape from the oppression of society.
Book 1 - The White Tiger
Balram was born in poverty. During his growth, he was deeply affected by his family, which developed a desire for him, to escape the poverty and be a successful man. He started to realize that only a high-status person can enjoy the basic living rights after his father died, due to the poverty and low-status identity. It also buried a seed of resentment in his subconscious; he blamed the corrupted society for his father’s death, which inspired him …show more content…
The extreme ambition of being a successful man drove him to use violence as a measure to gain success.When the only chance appeared, killing Mr. Ashok and stealing his money, Balram caught and made it. Earth-shaking changes have taken placed in his life. He became a powerful, rich, privileged and successful man. His established fate has been broken, but he is still in the part of this system. He achieved changing his fate but failed in escaping the system.
Book 2 – The Pearl
Kino was born in poverty, working as a pearl diver and living in a brush house by the sea with his family. The family takes the first place in his mind and life. One day, his son was stung by a scorpion suddenly. His son’s in danger and family duty force him to embark on the fate-changing road. He decided to go to the town and get a treatment for his only son, Coyotito. It is not common and easy for low-status people, who live under the fear and oppression of upper class, to ask help from high-status people. The doctor in town, who only cures the rich and powerful people, refused to treat Coyotito, due to Kino’s poverty and low-status identity. For people who living in town, they do not care about lives