Social Criticism Of The White Tiger

As a first generation Indian-American, I am no stranger to being a part of a distinct community while observing two unique cultures. Traveling to India exposed me to a dynamic population with rich diversity comprising of numerous languages and differing religions. Though these individuals may have had differing customs from their neighbors, there were similar ambitions to conquer grinding poverty. This poverty can be clearly noticed by seeing citizens sleeping on floors of a railway station, or the lack of air conditioning in searing hot weather. The frailty and mortality of the human condition was starkly visible in India. As a fellow human, I was humbled not only by the lack of privilege and opportunity of many citizens, but also by their

Indian serfs have to prove loyalty to their masters and all of them are trapped under what Adiga refers to “The Rooster Coop”. This is the way of how Indian society is structured in which the well-off and the poor cannot amalgamate with each other. And this system ensures complete control for the upper classes, transforming the lives of the employees a prison. The master-servant relationship is established based on this philosophy which permits to maintain the endless servitude of the lower classes and providing wealth for a dominant

The White Tiger is a novel, in which Aravind Adiga deals with the issue of class and caste difference. The narrative attempts to highlight struggle and exploitation of the common and poor strata of society of India. It is in that sense it is a realistic novel identifying and reflecting over the burning issues of the society. Through the psycho realistic narrative the author presents the gloomier picture of the rural life at the protagonist’s native, Laxmangarh. The protagonist is an aspirant of becoming entrepreneur, narrates his past in a conversation with an interlocutor, a Chinese premier, Mr. Wen Jiabao. Balram’s past reveals his poverty and unemployment at his native. He also narrates his village life style and growing need of financial security to his family for which he shifts to the Light i.e. city, New Delhi. After migrating to an urban area he is exploited by overburdened work in the Stork’s family where he performs all sorts of house work alongside his main duty of chauffeur. But through this struggle he finally plans to overcome his status. He believes and propagates the socialist ideology. The paper explores and criticizes the capitalistic ideology having more self centeredness and utilitarianism which has its repercussions of class and caste conflict, unequal distribution of wealth and exploitation.

The differences between the rich and poor in India are like the opposite sides of a coin. The poor of India are mistreated and abused. Their homes are surrounded by trash and sewage and are very likely to be flooded, deathly hot and severely polluted. Nearly 25% of the population in India is under the poverty line. The families in the slums of India only care about surviving and marriage. Balram describes their relationship with the rich as “The rich are always one step ahead of us-aren’t they?” (Adiga 230). Balram means that he felt that the rich were always taking advantage of him and his family’s ability to work and he wanted to get ahead of the rich. The rich are blissfully unaware of the

Although every caste in the World State is meticulously conditioned to accept the hand they are given, there are still many citizens who are dissatisfied with the quality of life available to them in society. Knowingly or unknowingly, these outliers reject their conditioning and strive for something more, whether it be adversity, danger, or passion.

Seventy percent of Indian people live on approximately less than a dollar and twenty-five cents a day. It is nearly impossible for Indians to get out of poverty and become successful individuals. All simply because their destiny is their last name in which limits them to a certain profession. The main factor is the ancient Indian caste system. It encourages injustice and poverty by dividing people according to their class. According to Aravind Adiga’s The White Tiger, individuality is defined as a person who helps those that are oppressed.

Humans are constantly struggling internally with morals. People’s lives revolve around the choices they make. People’s personalities and opinions are reflected in their choices. Aravind Adiga’s The White Tiger is very similar to Robert Louis Stevenson’s The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde in the way that main characters are having an internal battle in deciding to make the right choice. Adiga and Stevenson both convey the theme of the struggle of man versus himself through character development, using the technique of indirect characterization, and relates the story to life by showing the constant battle of deciding to do what is morally right because of the idea of power.

The village Laxhmangar is fully corrupted by the four animals. The storkes and his son’s Mukesh and Ashok bribes the politician to run their coal industry. The corruption is made by Balram’s school teacher in the mid-day meal scheme, which affects many children without food. Adiga has also shows the corruption that takes place in hospitals, especially in the Government hospitals. This shows the author is very attached to the miidle class people to examine their suffering. When a man does to the line of poverty it is understable that another man is

Have you ever thought about a white tiger and how cool they are? Here are some basic facts you might not know about them. Adventurers have not found or even seen a white tiger roaming around in the wild for 50 years now. White tigers are very rare, there are not many left. A white tigers normal habitat is a swamp or jungle mostly somewhere wet or damp. Now you learned some basic facts you might have not known

The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga is narrated by Balram Halwai who is oppressed in the Manichean society of India. The narration occurs in the form of epistolary letters to the Premier of China, who is soon to visit India. Balram Halwai is born in the darkness, the faceless society of India, so meaningless that he is not given a name at birth. Later in his life he becomes a driver for a man named Mr. Ashok, who is one of the landlord's son. After moving to Delhi, Balram murders his master which enables him to break through the hardship of servitude.

In life, there are some things that you have the ability to control and other things that you can't control. For example, you have the ability to decide and make your own decisions throughout the day, but you don't have the ability to choose what family you were born into or how your life will begin. I n The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga, the narrator of the novel, Balram is just like everybody else in this world. Unfortunately, he was born into a very poor Indian family stuck in the lower caste. His father, who eventually dies from being overworked as a rickshaw puller, as well as the rest of his family, have no hope of escaping this corrupt system.

The history of caste systems, or at least the concept of a caste system, is known and seen by most westerners today. While an obvious caste system does not exist in places such as the United States today, there are obvious classes divided by money that share qualities of that of the caste system that “used to” thrive in India.

The debut fiction novel ‘The White Tiger’ by Aravind Adiga provides a dark, humorous perspective of the class struggles that exist in India. The novel is based on the life of village boy Balram Halwai who narrates the difficult problems that exist in Indian society for the ordinary citizen. The book is written from his point of view as a letter addressed to Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, and it highlights the problems that Balram has experienced throughout his life. The letter paints a grim picture of the lives of people living within the lower social classes because they are constantly discriminated against by the elite in society.

Written by Aravind Adiga, The White Tiger tells the story of a man who went from living with nothing to someone with everything he could ever want. Balram Halwai grows up in “the Darkness,” an area of India where, among other things, family was the main source of life and contempt for family was of the utmost evil. When he decides to find a job outside of his social circle, Balram’s family implores him to send money home to sustain them. He finally hits his final straw when his grandmother begins to try to force him to be married, something he does not have interest in and knows it will take away his independence. Once he disconnects from his family, he is able to be himself, free from his former life that tied him down. As Balram Halwai embarks on his journey to become successful as the “White Tiger”, the social concept of family breaks down, thus giving way to him finding his independence.

“According to me, the economic constitution of India, and for the matter of that of the world, should be such that no one under it should suffer from want of food and clothing. In other words, everybody should be able to get sufficient work to enable him to make the two ends meet. And, this ideal can be universally realized only if the means of production of elementary necessaries of life remain under the control of the masses. These should be freely available to all as God 's air and water are, or ought to be; they should not be made a vehicle of traffic for the exploitation of