What Does Balram Mean
The White Tiger
In the novel The White Tiger the main character Balram shows signs of being both a victim and victimizer throughout the stages of his life. Balram, the main character in The White Tiger is the victim of poverty and inequality, who worked out his way out the rooster coop system and overcame the social obstacle that completed his life work by killing his master, stealing his money, and become a successful business entrepreneur. When Balram was a little boy he remembers his mom was in the mud, the “mud was holding her back… the mud was sucking her in… soon she would become part of the black mound… and then [he] understood: this was the real god of Benaras-this black mud of the Ganga into which everything died… the same would …show more content…
After Balram has murdered his master, Mr.Ashok. Balram took his money fled to Bangalore, he wasn't sure how to become successful without getting caught so Balram wondered “What would Mr. Ashok do?... Then it hit [him]...[he] had thousands on [his] side” (Adiga 256). Balram remembers when Mr.Ashok would pay off police and politicians to make sure he was on top of the social caste. Balram then victimizes the police officers and the lady whom he takes over the business to become successful. Balram is at the end of his story now when he says “When the veil is lifted, what will Bangalore be like? Maybe it will be a disaster: slums, sewage, shopping malls, traffic jams, policemen. But you never know. It may turn out to be a decent city, where humans can live like humans and animals can live like animals. A new Bangalore for a new India. And then I can say that, in my own way, I helped to make New Bangalore.” (Adiga 273). While much of Balram’s story takes it in a negative way, maintaining the near-impossibility of avoiding the darkness and improving his social standing. However, given the appropriately questionable foundations of his entrepreneurial success, Balram became a victimizer after he murdered Mr.Ashok, he learned from his master on how to hurt others to make sure he wouldn't get
In the novel The White Tiger the main character Balram shows signs of being both a victim and victimizer throughout the stages of his life. Balram, the main character in The White Tiger is the victim of poverty and inequality, who worked out his way out the rooster coop system and overcame the social obstacle that completed his life work by killing his master, stealing his money, and become a successful business entrepreneur. When Balram was a little boy he remembers his mom was in the mud, the “mud was holding her back… the mud was sucking her in… soon she would become part of the black mound… and then [he] understood: this was the real god of Benaras-this black mud of the Ganga into which everything died… the same would …show more content…
After Balram has murdered his master, Mr.Ashok. Balram took his money fled to Bangalore, he wasn't sure how to become successful without getting caught so Balram wondered “What would Mr. Ashok do?... Then it hit [him]...[he] had thousands on [his] side” (Adiga 256). Balram remembers when Mr.Ashok would pay off police and politicians to make sure he was on top of the social caste. Balram then victimizes the police officers and the lady whom he takes over the business to become successful. Balram is at the end of his story now when he says “When the veil is lifted, what will Bangalore be like? Maybe it will be a disaster: slums, sewage, shopping malls, traffic jams, policemen. But you never know. It may turn out to be a decent city, where humans can live like humans and animals can live like animals. A new Bangalore for a new India. And then I can say that, in my own way, I helped to make New Bangalore.” (Adiga 273). While much of Balram’s story takes it in a negative way, maintaining the near-impossibility of avoiding the darkness and improving his social standing. However, given the appropriately questionable foundations of his entrepreneurial success, Balram became a victimizer after he murdered Mr.Ashok, he learned from his master on how to hurt others to make sure he wouldn't get