The White Tiger

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

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

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

In the novel The White Tiger written by Aravind Adiga, the main protagonist Balram Halwai does not display intellectual integrity based on his malleable persona repeatedly shaped by his peers, masters and people of higher class, revealing that people will accept changes if it ultimately leads to social acceptance. In the beginning, Balram was not always known as “Balram” because as a child, he was nameless and was only known as “Munna”, which means boy, until his teacher had named him Balram. He

Summative essay outline Wendy Wang Texts: The White Tiger and Cannery Row Title: Individual vs community: struggle of survival in The White Tiger and Cannery Row. Thesis: Both Balram from The White Tiger and Mack and the boys from Cannery Row live under the socioeconomic pressure that opportunities are severely limited. However, their actions for their survival mechanisms are divergent due to their diverse social environments. The White Tiger: Balram is a significant figure that represents

In the novel, The White Tiger, by Aravind Adiga the main character, is Balram, one of the children in the “darkness” of India. Adiga sheds a new light on the poor of India, by writing from the point of view of a man who was at one time in the “darkness” or the slums of India and came into the “light” or rich point of view in India. Balram’s job as a driver allows him to see both sides of the poverty line in India. He sees that the poor are used and thrown away, while the rich are well off and have

so how can we expect to have any such values ourselves? This essay explores the extent to which uprising financial and social mobility conflict with Balram Halwai’s moral values in The White Tiger, in terms of family and religion, violence and sex, darkness and light and politics. Aravind Adiga’s The White Tiger, an astounding novel with likewise literary value, tells the story of Balram Halwai, a poor sweet-maker turned ruthless businessman, depicting throughout

White Tiger is a novel written by Aravind Adiga. It takes place during an economic revolution in India. The author grew up in India and Australia and later in America. After graduating college he wrote for the New York Times and reported on the stock market and finances. Adiga purposely wrote about people nothing like him, he grew up in the middle class and his father was a doctor. He strived to write about the poor, which he knew little about. He also wanted to write about the Indian society and

The texts “White Tiger” and “Slumdog Millionaire” both describe an India where rise to power or success is impossible without corruption. In “The White Tiger” the first case of bribery or corruption is at the voting booths. At the beginning of the text a rickshaw puller was sick and tired of being trapped within the “Coop”. He decided to stand up for his rights and vote against The Great Socialist. While everyone else was conforming to the ideas that had been thrust upon them, he wanted his voice

Taurino Ramirez D. Lyons English 1A/ 52395 09/18/17 Analysis of The White Tiger, Final Essay A Rose by Any Other Name “Action without a name, A who is attached to it, Is meaningless” -Hannah Arendt. The White Tiger, by Aravind Adiga, is a novel about a self-made entrepreneur who wants to make a change for his life, named Balram. Throughout this story, the author gives various names to our protagonist that expresses many things about him. Such names include: Munna, Balram, country mouse, and Ashok