The White Tiger

include the use of weapons or restraints. The most extreme form of physical violence is the act of murder. In The White Tiger, physicality is emphasized on time and time again. Whether it aims to emphasize violence or to draw comparisons, Adiga uses stark physical imagery to make his point throughout. In the novel, physical violence is not directly carried out on Balram Halwai. It is imposed on those around him and hence forms a basic part of Balram‟s nature as it is a vice that he has been exposed

Year of the Tiger Essay: The year of the tiger novel is written by Alison Lloyd. The year of the tiger is set in Ancient China during the Han Dynasty times. It is set in a city name Beicheng and follows the lives of two boys name Hu and Ren. I strongly agree that Ren and Hu have similarities and differences. Hu and Ren both one of which have many similarities. They both like archery because they both practise and they have a bow to share. Hu and Ren practise a lot because they entered an Archery

Balram’s sudden incentive to purge his habits and personality reveals his willingness to sacrifice a part of his identity for the pursuit of acceptance and freedom. During one account, when he makes ginger tea for his master’s spouse, Balram recalls getting criticized by a furious Pinky Madam, who says, “You’re so filthy… it’s disgusting,” for scratching his groin. In this moment Balram becomes conscious of his quirks, and the next time he notices his hand move to scratch his groin, as he describes

The White Tiger uses the story of an impoverished Indian man who sees the corruption in his country and social system and uses this to climb atop the social ladder at the expense of others. This story highlights the failure of what the Enlightenment was set out to accomplish. The looming reason for its failure is pointed towards the brutal hi-tech capitalism and caste system in place that divided citizens into either the poor or wealthy; or the “darkness” and “light” as Bulram says. This story acts

Shayla Ellington Dr. Carol White Critical Trends and Issues 29 March 2015 Behind the Beautiful Forevers In the book Behind the Beautiful Forevers, author Katherine Boo sheds light on the topic of corruption. Corruption is something that is seen everywhere, but varies in depth. She chooses to focus on India, because she is fascinated with how so many people are impoverished while others prosper. Boo is able to convey both the benefits and downfalls of corruption within a community by deciding to

Balram’s recollection of his experiences at the Black Fort shows that he is developing individuality by ignoring the expectations set upon people from the darkness. On the hill above Laxmangarh there is an abandoned fort that no one ever goes to. One day Balram decides to climb up to the Black Fort. Afterward, Balram recounts this incident to the Premier of China. Balram recalls, “I think of a little black figure in a wet khaki uniform who is climbing up the entranceway to a black fort. There he

considered my brother. That he loved Kelsey was certain….. The question was…could Kelsey be happy without Ren? I knew the answer in an instant. No. She’d try her best, but a part of her would always grieve for him. The choice was suddenly obvious. The tiger that stayed behind would have to be...me”(Houck). Knowing how much he loved Kelsey and how painful it would be to leave her, Kishan still wanted her to be happy. He put her needs above his and made the agonizing choice of staying behind. This choice

Symone Cirton Fluidity of self The White Tiger, Americanah, and Censoring an Iranian Love Story all have a common theme: fluidity of personality. Much like when Balram in The White Tiger changes his entire moral system to become successful, Ifemelu changes her look, which strongly symbolizes who she is and her culture, to appeal to others. Similarly in certain ways, Mandanipour must adapt his writing style to fit Iranian laws in order to get his story published. In every story, the protagonist

One of my first impressions of the story “White Tigers” by Maxine Hong-Kingston is that the story that she shares with the reader is what I believed to be a dream that she had. I thought that this dream was inspired by the times her and her mother spoke their own language, talk story. Talking story is a dialect that transcends our basic comprehension of communication. It is the hybrid of our own language, and the power of storytelling fused upon one another. I thought that Kingston told us this story

Maxine Hong Kingston once said, “I 've been writing since I was 7, but before that, I was orally making stories. This quote expresses Kingston’s fervor for writing and storytelling outside of her short story “White Tigers from the Woman Warrior”, which emphasizes the importance of literature, which is her art, by retelling her own childhood as the “fairy tale” of the Woman Warrior, Fa Mu Lan, and connecting it back to her own life. The introductory paragraphs, coupled with the word carving scene