An Analysis of _The White Tiger_ In the novel‚ The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga‚ Adiga illustrates the conditions of the working class in India through Balram Halwai‚ the protagonist. Also he points out the social inequality of the society of India through the rich and poor. Balram is a perfect example of a life story from rags to riches. However his journey to riches was not entirely ethical since he had to kill his master‚ Ashok. Adiga implies that nobody is motivated to stay ethical in a corrupt
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The White Tiger – A Review “Neither you nor I speak English‚ but there are some things that can be said only in English.” - Aravind Adiga Aravind Adiga was born in Chennai during the mid-1970s to parents who hailed from a small city in Karnataka. He was welcomed into a very well educated and well-connected family. He kept the name of his family flying high when he ranked 1st in the State of Karnataka in the SSLC exams in 1990. He also went on
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The book The White Tiger is by Avarind Adiga. This book is about a man named Munna‚ which translates to “boy‚” who takes on the name Balram‚ which is given to him by one of his teachers. He tells his story to the Chinese Premiere‚ Wen Jiabao over the course of seven nights via email. His story is that he wants to make a lot more money than he does working in the family tea shop‚ which is what his caste‚ the Halwai‚ does. He overhears two men taking about how much money that drivers make while
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‘I am in light now’. Balram’s journey represents a dream held by many but achieved by few. Do you agree? Adiga presents to the audience‚ that Balram has achieved a dream only a White Tiger is willing to strive for. This is prevalent in the text as Balram is able to risk what others wouldn’t ever consider‚ as they are so caught up in the Rooster Coop fending for their lives. Balram enables himself to commit such acts‚ as from a young age as he could see what was beautiful in the world and thus “I
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Balram finds that the liberated individuals have set up innumerable technology outsourcing companies in the India of Light that “virtually run America now” (The White Tiger 4). He lacks the education or business acumen to build a technology start-up. Instead‚ he puts his driving skills‚ knowledge of cars and drivers and the capital he has stolen from Ashok to good use by setting up a business that serves the need of the burgeoning IT industry. He provides them with unmatched logistical solutions
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Anthropology November 20‚ 2012 The White Tiger Response The White Tiger is a brilliant collaboration of wit and darkness. The main character‚ a servant of his own kind‚ is a witty and somewhat likable killer from the underbelly of India. You can not help but enjoy this killer while also being disappointed with this character. Blaram’s story brings up a truth about Indian culture‚ as well as one- third of the world’s population who suffer from poverty. He explains the white world and the dark world
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Ilayda Ozsan Enka Schools Candidate ID: 002546 - 029 TOK PRESENTATION PLANNING DOCUMENT My presentation dealt with the notions of mental illness‚ mental stability and psychiatry and their relations to norms. My principal question was the presupposition of a reasonable justification for the distinction between mental health and mental illness. The objective of the presentation was to make my classmates more aware of the volatile foundation of mental illness‚ which is supposedly mental health; yet
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BOOK SUMMARY The White Tiger offers a story of coruscating wit‚ blistering suspense‚ and questionable morality‚ told by the most volatile‚ captivating‚ and utterly inimitable narrator that this millennium has yet seen. Balram Halwai is a complicated man. Servant. Philosopher. Entrepreneur. Murderer. Over the course of seven nights‚ by the scattered light of a preposterous chandelier‚ Balram tells us the terrible and transfixing story of how he came to be a success in life -- having nothing but
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THE WHITE TIGER BY ARAVIND ADIGA - SUMMARIES Chapter 1 Balram Halwai known as ‘The White Tiger’ is writing a letter to the Premier of China- His Excellency Wen Jiabao. The lady on All India Radio announced ‘Premier Jiabao is coming to Bangalore next week’ – which is why Balram writes to His Excellency. Balram warns the Premier that he is the one who knows ‘truth of Bangalore’ – he does this by sharing his life story with Jiabao. Balram learned that Jiabao is coming to India to meet some entrepreneurs
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In The White Tiger‚ Aravind Adiga chooses to give his protagonist a plethora of names to emphasize his changing personalities. Each name gives insight into the changing complexities of the protagonist’s identity. Adiga purposefully chooses the names in order to represent how the reader sees the protagonist. The multiple names come to represent the different sections of the protagonist’s life‚ from a young boy‚ to a servant‚ to a successful business entrepreneur. Throughout The White Tiger‚ Adiga
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