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    They say the eye of the tiger is the thrill of the fight. It helps you rise up to the challenge of your rivals. If that's true, one former tiger lost that thrill and is now a measly cat. Of course, we're talking about disgruntled golfer Tiger Woods. Last year, Woods admitted he might never grace the golf course again. TIGER WOODS BACK IN ACTION; DOES IT MATTER? Despite last year's announcement, everyone's favorite golfer, (and mistress lover) Tiger Woods is coming back. At the Albany Golf club

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    Research Question: How does Aravind Adiga use metaphors in “The White Tiger” to highlight the contrast between the different sections of Indian society? Introduction: Typically, we identify metaphors to be the figure of speech that draws an indirect comparison to bring out an enhanced rhetoric effect. However, metaphors are so strongly ingrained in our language, that all of us think, write, and even speak in metaphors every day. Ironically, the word metaphor itself is a metaphor, as “metaphor” stems

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    One such indigenous worker, a driver named Balram Halwai, is the narrator and protagonist of Aravind Adiga’s forthright debut novel, The White Tiger, which has been the contenders for this year’s Man Booker Prize. Balram’s inception-embody a common Indian story. Born as a poor villager, funny, musing Balram ends up as driver for a deprave businessmen in Gurgaon, Delhi satellite city saturate with malls and IT offices. His employer, propound him a false wave of tenderness and hope but doesn’t dither

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    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

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    through social media or magazines. This fuels the fire that runs the world because it is in our basic nature to break the rules sometimes and not have to worry about facing the consequences. This is true for Tiger Woods, but he must not have been thinking of the consequences before he took action. Tiger Woods was living the high life. He was at his all time best in golf from 1999 until about 2008. The massive amounts of money were pouring in from sponsors such as Nike. He even got a personal invitation

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    novels “The White Tiger” and “Last Man In Tower” with the common themes of corruption, identity crisis, religious belif during Modernization and globalization in India. The main theme presents, the fact of money changes a person to be a murderer though they are a servant or any close relation to anybody. Both the novel has the theme of identity crisis. The novel show about Mumbai culture, tradition, Landscape and behavior of the people. While reading the novel “The White Tiger” there is a urge that

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    Estimators report there are more tigers living in private captivity in the United States, than there are roaming around the world. In the film, The Tiger Next Door, longtime animal lover Dennis Hill is faced with getting rid of most, if not all of his animals. Before Dennis Hill owned exotic animals, he was a very wealthy construction worker until he let the rich lifestyle get the best of him, and lost most of his money through drugs, reckless motorcycle driving, and a rough divorce. After Hill was

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    1. The narrator of the novel, “The White Tiger,” by Aravind Adiga writes in first person. This particular narrator is Balram Halwai, who tells about his own journey throughout the book. The writer uses the style of the narrator, Balram, writing letters to the Chinese Premier. This particular narrator is telling the story because it is him that is writing the letters. This style of letter writing helps to tell the story because through these letters Balram tells of how he came to be a success in life

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    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. Throughout the entire novel Balram speaks about the corruption of India and the effects it has on society. The following quote emphasizes the corruption within India: “He was

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    The White Tiger uses the juxtaposition between how tourists perceive the River Ganga, so called the “river of emancipation”¬heyya, and how Indians perceive the river to discuss the reality of India’s corruption through tourism. The River Ganga is described as “a symbol of India’s age-long culture and civilisation”heyya by First Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, representing how India’s leaders have created a faux society that is used for the image of a perfect India. Whilst this view of India has

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