The White Tiger

In “White Tiger,” this is where Maxine shows some sense of power for she implicitly uses first person narrative and puts herself in the shoes of Fa Mu Lan, a real Chinese woman warrior who disguises herself in order to rescue her village and fights off the thieves who stole from them, and makes herself the woman warrior. This was a journey of self-discovery for Maxine but interesting enough, the first thing the old woman, the one who trains Fa Mu Lan to become a warrior, tells her to learn “how to

The White Tiger (2008) 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

can potentially prefer the current world order too much, and that can lead to problems. It is dangerous for anyone to be too comfortable with their belief of how things should be, and literature can warn us about that. First off, in the novel The White Tiger, Balram describes the Rooster Coop. This is a blatant example of a status quo that benefits one group of people at the expense of another. The rich live luxuriously while the poor live with barely enough money to survive and too scared to do anything

Do you have a nickname, and if so, what is its importance? In the novels, The White Tiger, and Brave New World, the main characters, Balram, and John are given nicknames. Balram, in The White Tiger, is given the titular name; John in Brave New World, is stereotyped as the Savage. While both Balram and John have defining identities stemming from their backgrounds, Balram basks in his role as ‘The White Tiger’; whereas John and his society have a negative association with his nickname, ‘The Savage’

of Character Traits of The White Tiger’s Protagonist In a country where corruption runs rampant, it can be difficult to dig oneself out of the depths of poverty. Set in India, Aravind Adiga’s novel, The White Tiger, follows the protagonist Balram Halwai and his journey from rags to riches. Balram is born in poor, rural India, which he refers to as the “Darkness.” He earns the name “White Tiger” by a school inspector, as he is clever and unique, like the rare white tiger of the jungle. Despite the

to a relaxed lifestyle of master. In the setting of India, where the caste system exists and has been practiced for thousands of years, these social groupings are rigid with little hope of escalating to a higher status. Aravind Adiga’s work The White Tiger focuses on Balram Halwai, one of few people who has accomplished the feat as he is introduced as a son of a rickshaw puller that completes his narrative with the email address for his successful taxi service. Along his journey he faces adversity

Location in Literature: The Effect of Discretion In the three novels, We Need New Names, The White Tiger, and Beasts of No Nation by NoViolet Bulawayo, Aravind Adiga, and Uzodinma Iweala, respectively, the specificity and non-specificity of the location in the novels have a profound effect in the way the underlying ideas are tied together. More explicitly, We Need New Names and The White Tiger rely on the specific location of the setting to aid in attaining the main goals that are achieved throughout

them as evidence to show the authorities and audience who are not aware of these atrocious events occurring. In the article,Undercover Investigations Reveal Abuse of Tiger Cubs at Roadside Zoos, the author revealed the different ways the owners of a roadside zoo would abuse the tiger cubs.For example,”At Tiger Safari,Maximus , a white tiger cub was dragged, choked, tossed and suspended by his legs and tail ”(Amini). This quote from the article describes to the reader in

crazy for vengeance. There is perfect communication gap between the two. This is symbolic of the rich-poor divide that is fermenting to take revenge. Balram’s plans are confirmed while visiting the National Zoo in Delhi. When he chanced to see the white tiger in the enclosure, he began his musings. Balram associated his symbolic life of freedom with that of sitting under chandeliers. “Sometimes, in my apartment, I turn both the chandeliers, and then I lie down amid all the light, and I just start laughing

Indo-Australian writer, Aravind Adiga discusses the obstacles in India that result from poverty and corruption. Throughout the novel, Adiga castigates the hardship and anguish endured by the lower class while reflecting how a brave and remorseless Indian man, Balram battles through the corrupt system in India. Adiga demonstrates the adversity and struggles that are rooted from poverty and corruption. While Adiga spent his time in India, “loitering about train stations, or bus strands, or servants’