The White tiger.
Arvind adiga was won the Man Booker Prize for his debut novel The White Tiger in the year 2008.The white tiger is a tale of two India's. This novel takes the form of a series of letters written late at night by Balram Halwai to Wen jiabao, the premier of the state council of the people's republic of china, on the eve of his visit to India.In the letters, Balram describes his rise from lowly origins to his current position as an entrepreneur in Bangalore, as well as his views on India's cast system and its political corruption.
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1)How far do you agree with the India represented in the novel The White Tiger?
This novel "The white Tiger" has traversed the class struggle in India at a time of modernization and globalization.This novel has shown an India that has not only lost its wonted social structure but has also outgrown a conventional moral framework. Balram description of the light India versus the dark India in the novel. Light India is no longer virtues in this novel. There are "Light" essentially in the sense that they can actually see the light of wealth and affluence. Meanwhile, rooster coop logic is prevalent in dark India.
2)Do you believe that Balram's story is the archetype of all stories of 'rags to riches'?
Yes I believe that Balram story is the archetype of all stories of rags to riches.Because Balram was share his own story of entrepreneurial success, and he ask how big can you think? Balram was also one poor rickshaw driver son and he also gives example of rooster coop perpetual servitude, he believe that some wasn't any hard work for them. the rooster coop and God Hanuman these are the things that he doesn't like whereas he wants to be like Buddha, imagine himself as Krishna.
3)"Language bears within itself the necessity of its own critique, deconstructive criticism aims to show that any text inevitably undermines its own claims to have a determinate meaning, and licences the reader to produce his own meanings out of it by an activity of semantic 'freeplay' (Derrida, 1978, in Lodge, 1988, p. 108). Is it possible to do deconstructive reading of The White Tiger?
Deconstructive reading in this text we can see that Balram Halwai character that it is the autobiography of 'half backed Indian'. In this novel adiga was present reality of India. And text itself gives hint to deconstruct the text and use of language itself the deconstruct the text.
4)Is it possible to read The White Tiger in context of Globalisation?
In this text The White tiger, there is we look American atmosphere in India,when Balram is describing Ashok's corruption that he tells " You have got plenty of places to drink beer, dance, pick up girls, that sort of thing. A small bit of America in India."Balram plans to keep up with the pace of globalization and change his trade when need be."I am always a man who sees 'Tomorrow' when other sees 'Today". and Balram sees Ashock being transformed by the influence of American culture, the creeping globalization that is taking over Delhi.
Deconstructive reading in this text we can see that Balram Halwai character that it is the autobiography of 'half backed Indian'. In this novel adiga was present reality of India. And text itself gives hint to deconstruct the text and use of language itself the deconstruct the text.
4)Is it possible to read The White Tiger in context of Globalisation?
In this text The White tiger, there is we look American atmosphere in India,when Balram is describing Ashok's corruption that he tells " You have got plenty of places to drink beer, dance, pick up girls, that sort of thing. A small bit of America in India."Balram plans to keep up with the pace of globalization and change his trade when need be."I am always a man who sees 'Tomorrow' when other sees 'Today". and Balram sees Ashock being transformed by the influence of American culture, the creeping globalization that is taking over Delhi.
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