various interpretations of arvind adiga's the white tiger
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Paper: 13 The New Literatures
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Department of English Maharaja Krishnakumarsinhji Bhavnagar University
Bhavnagar, Gujarat, India.
Nikunj Bhatti
Various interpretations of Arvind Adiga's The White Tiger
Aravind Adiga was born in Madras in 1974 and was raised partly in Australia
Winner of The Man Booker prize in 2008 for this novel.
Adiga began his career as a financial journalist, interning at the Financial Tiimes
The White TigerLast in TowerBetween the AssassinationsOutcast Breed
Aravind Adiga
The White Tiger: Social Point of Views
The White Tiger: Cultural Point of Views
Globalization
The Rooster Coop
Various interpretations of Arvind Adiga's The White Tiger
Class conflictCaste system
“……… clean, well kept orderly zoo.” Poor vs. Rich (“Big Bellies and the Small Bellies”)
The White Tiger: Social Point of Views
“In the old days there were 1,000 castes...in India. These days, there are just two castes: Men with Big Bellies and men with small
Bellies.”
The Darkness : Balram talks about the Darkness of India by saying that India is two countries in one An India of Light and An India of Darkness
Identity The Indian FamilyTwo different India
India of Light
India of Darkness
Village vs. CityThe LandlordsCorruptionPolitical dogma American Dream
The White Tiger: Cultural Point of Views
It studies the contrast between India's rise as a modern global economy and the lead character, Balram, who comes from crushing rural poverty.
Global PhenomenaThe Novel in modern time
Globalization
American atmosphere in India.Balram plans to keep up with the pace of globalization and change his trade when need be.
Individualism in Globalization Entreprunership
“I am always a man who sees “Tomorrow “when other sees “Today.”
Ashok is even convinced India is surpassing the USA,
“ There are so many more things I could do here than in New York now….. The things are changing in India now, this place is going to be like America in ten years”
All Roosters are trapped in the Coop. When Roosters are together they feel uncomfortable. When one rooster is taken away to slaughter other roosters become happy.
But the roosters in the coop don’t know that their turn is the next one.
The Rooster Coop
This concept of human beings bound in the cage that brings out the central theme of the novel revealing the situation wherein the poor people of India are like rooster in a basket. Nothing could be more bitter and ironical.
The roosters know they are next, but they do not rebel. Balram observes that servants in India remain trapped in servitude – but no one breaks out of the “Rooster Coop” because of family honor.
The master- servant relationship that exists between Balram and Ashok .
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