Globalization and Freedom in India and Mainland China Throughout the novel “The White Tiger” by Indian writer‚ Aravind Adiga and the short story “ After Cowboy Chicken Came to Town” by Chinese writer‚ Han Jin. Both mention about how globalization‚ the process of international integration arising from interchange of worldviews‚ products‚ and other aspects of culture‚ influences India and Mainland China. One of the plots in Adiga’s novel is Ashok and Balram moved to Gurgaon instead of going back
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Aravind Adiga is an Indian writer and journalist. His debut novel‚ The White Tiger‚ won the 2008 Man Booker Prize. He is the fourth Indian-born author to win the prize‚ after Salman Rushdie‚ Arundhati Roy and Kiran Desai. (V. S. Naipaul‚ another winner‚ is of Indian origin‚ but was not born in India.) He has written many short stories‚ essays‚ and published 3 books so far; namely‚ The White Tiger‚ Between the Assassinations‚ and Last Man in Tower. Be it essays or novels‚ the ‘Indian’ setting
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dignified living; forced to lead a life full of sleaze and squalor. () A similar view is shared by Srivastava who notes that “rapid economic growth and great disparities of wealth” (89) marks the post-liberalized world of The White Tiger. Balram Halwai‚ the protagonist of The White Tiger asks wistfully‚ “The dreams of the rich and the dreams of the poor – they never overlap‚ do they? (133) Adiga also finds it intriguing that in spite of the astounding economic growth in India‚ the bulk of the country is
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The Rooster Coop Darkness and Light. India has suffered from social injustice for many years now. Aravind Adiga‚ choosing the voice of a person who belongs to the bottom of Indian society‚ portrays the real harsh India and gives an entirely different way of looking at the world‚ much harsher‚ real and cynical than the voice of those who belong to the middle class. Balram‚ the protagonist in this novel‚ works his way out of “the Darkness” having nothing but his own wits to help him along. Adiga
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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
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The Dark Tiger In Aravind Adiga’s novel‚ The White Tiger‚ Adiga reveals the troubled life of the protagonist‚ Balram Halwai‚ a servant‚ driver‚ philosopher‚ and entrepreneur trying to survive in the Indian caste system‚ during the late twentieth century. Over the course of seven days Balram tells his eventful story through a series of letters written to Wen Jiabao‚ the premier of China. Balram writes to the premier to explain the Indian culture of entrepreneurship‚ specifically through his journey
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THE WHITE TIGER Reading Logs Kruti Modi 1. List of Characters • Balram Halwai (3): o Story’s narrator and protagonist o Tells his rise from village peasant to successful entrepreneur • Mr.Ashok (3): o Ashok is Balram’s main master (boss)‚ the Stork’s son‚ and the Mongoose’s brother o Generally kind and gentle to those around him • Pinky Madam (3): o Ashok’s wife o Unsatisfied with life in India‚ constantly hoping to return to America o Is generally cruel to Balram • Mr. Krishna (10): o Balram’s
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middle-aged man working hard to make something out of himself. The actions that Balram took were greatly affected by his desire to overshadow the fact that he was from the darkness‚ where only destitute and impoverished people come from. In the novel The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga‚ Balram’s origin and culture drove him to take drastic measures to remove the label of The Darkness‚ that said‚”You’re only a stupid servant.” According to Balram’s culture‚ his destiny was to be a sweet-maker.. Nobody expected
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October 22nd‚ 2014 The Journe The Namesake‚ The White Tiger‚ and The Kite Runner all illustrate forgiveness along with redemption in their own ways. The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri‚ examines nuances involved being caught up between two conflicting cultures with distinct religious and social differences. Also‚ it incorporates Gogol‚ the main character‚ and his struggles between his Indian heritage and American background. In the novel‚ The White Tiger written by Aravind Adiga‚ provides a darkly humor
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for support‚ they are greeted by someone in India‚ particularly in Mumbai or Bangalore. However‚ even with this increase of dependency on workers in India‚ there are still major inequalities that are present in Indian society. In his book The White Tiger (2008) by Aravind Adiga‚ we learn that although India may have gained independence in the 1940s from the British‚ many still live in servitude and poverty today. We also learn about the conditions that many of India ’s working class live in‚ including
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