A reading of the literal, metaphorical and third spaces in The White Tiger.
Aravind Adiga's The White Tiger is a modern epistolary novel that focuses on the narrator’s transcendence of his lower class status. Balram Halwai escapes from his lower class fate as a nameless and ‘birth date-less’ member of society, and rises to become a rich businessman. His entrepreneurial...
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| Format: | Final Year Project |
| Language: | English |
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2013
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10356/52229 |
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| Institution: | Nanyang Technological University |
| Language: | English |
| Summary: | Aravind Adiga's The White Tiger is a modern epistolary novel that focuses on the narrator’s transcendence of his lower class status. Balram Halwai escapes from his lower class fate as a nameless and ‘birth date-less’ member of society, and rises to become a rich businessman. His entrepreneurial story however, is not one of hard work or luck. Instead, Balram has had to sacrifice his family and commit a crime to achieve his success. The novel charts Balram’s progress up the social hierarchy, as he transforms from crawling under the tables to clean the teashop, to working as a driver, and finally becoming a successful businessman. Balram’s changing position in society is reflected through the different spaces that he occupies. |
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