In today’s urban society‚ values such as an arranged marriage and caste levels do not seem like they could be relevant. However‚ in many countries around the world‚ these values are still present. In India‚ every person is born into a different class rank and once they are in their class it is very hard to change it. In Aravind Adiga’s novel‚ The White Tiger‚ he describes the story of Balram’s life and how he overcame the caste system in India; in doing so‚ a Marxist perspective could be used to analyze
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In current society many books are written based racial or social issues reflecting the past‚ present or future. The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga is an example that confronts social and racial issues within India‚ shown through the eyes of servant to wealthy‚ named Balram. Born in rural part of India with a deceased mother and rickshaw-pulling father‚ Balram is dedicated to serving others. Whether it was driving the wealthy around‚ grinding coal‚ or running behind cars to get a job‚ Balram’s life
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suffrage. This notion is evident in Aravind Adiga’s novel‚ The White Tiger‚ in which Balram Halwaii seeks to create his own destiny. Having no role models within his family to help to guide him along his fated path‚ Balram quickly becomes determined to free himself of the corruptness embedded in India’s system. In order to escape‚ however‚ he must be ambitious‚ risky‚ and even unethical. Balram must face and overcome the dark realities of his caste if he ever wants to taste freedom. Due to the circumstances
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The significance of the Darkness and the Light in the book The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga The contrast between the Darkness and the Light is often mentioned in this book. The darkness is described as the poor and miserable areas of the rural India‚ while the light is the opposite. In the light there are often flourishing cities crawling with entrepreneurs and hard workers. In The White Tiger one gets to follow Balram Halwai’s journey from the darkness to the light. Needless to say‚ India
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The Corrupted Society Of Mankind Nothing in life is fully guaranteed‚ however all we wish for is to be treated equally in a normal society. When people begin to mistreat others is truly when society beings to corrupt. In Aravind Adiga’s‚ ‘The White Tiger’‚ the author begins to exploit the main reasons why people are treated so differently in our community today. Through many incidents that Balram encounters‚ each one portrays the human inequality rights around the world. Balram establishes three
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White tigers are an endangered species and it is said that less than a dozen have been seen in India in about a hundred years. In fact no sightings have been reported since 1951. This may be caused by the fact that the Royal Bengal tiger population has dropped from 40‚000 to 1‚800 in the past ten years and as few as one in every 10‚000 tigers is white (www.cranes.org/whitetiger). White tigers are neither albinos nor a special species. They differ from the normally colored tigers by having blue eyes
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“The White Tiger” by Aravind Adiga is a piece of literature that talks about India left and right. A book that can be half fiction half true. It talks about the fortunate and the unfortunate‚ the rich and the poor. The irony shown in this book about corruption‚ oppression of the poor‚ reality of India vs. the images foreigners have of India help portray our understanding of this novel. The irony in “The White Tiger” shows the corruption in India. Balram Halwai is a student in a school with a teacher
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A Day in Life: Case system Narrative My feet‚ burning walking through the villages while the higher caste people just stare at us‚ as if we are animals that have no home. My son is screaming as he is sick from the polluted water we have to drink from. The higher caste people drink from clean fresh wells and laugh at us as we drink from the local pond filled with animal feces. There isn’t much hope for our kind of people‚ but for us it’s all about slim chances. My people help each other
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Theme in literature is the main idea or marking the meaning of literary ideas that may be stated implicitly or explicitly. In the book “White Tiger” by Aravind Adiga‚ there were themes that were mainly focused on the main character life that he was facing‚ and they were relatable to the real-life experiences. A theme does not only focus on the story itself‚ it allows the readers to make connections to real life experiences that they see or face in their life. There were a lot of themes that were
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The White Tiger Robert Frost once said‚ “Freedom lies in being bold.” Boldness involves being driven‚ risky‚ and even unethical at times. This notion is especially evident in Aravind Adiga’s novel‚ The White Tiger‚ in which Balram Halwaii becomes a successful‚ high-class businessman. According to the novel‚ in order to move up in social class and gain freedom‚ one must take risks‚ be motivated‚ and have a sense of immorality. In the beginning of the novel‚ Balram pleads with his grandmother to
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