A reading of the literal, metaphorical and third spaces in The White Tiger.

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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Main Author: Giam, Regina Liling.
Other Authors: Bede Tregear Scott
Format: Final Year Project
Language:English
Published: 2013
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spelling sg-ntu-dr.10356-522292019-12-10T12:17:50Z A reading of the literal, metaphorical and third spaces in The White Tiger. Giam, Regina Liling. Bede Tregear Scott School of Humanities and Social Sciences DRNTU::Humanities 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. Bachelor of Arts 2013-04-25T07:34:53Z 2013-04-25T07:34:53Z 2013 2013 Final Year Project (FYP) http://hdl.handle.net/10356/52229 en Nanyang Technological University 35 p. application/pdf
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A reading of the literal, metaphorical and third spaces in The White Tiger.
description 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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