White Tiger by Arvind Adiga

White Tiger novel by Arvind Adiga

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Aravind Adiga in his debute novel "The White Tiger", which was awarded the Man Booker Prize in 2008.The book represent the brutal truths and realistic picture of India. is singular in its fictionalized portrayal of the relationship between Balram Halwai and his master Mr Ashok. The story exposes the poor-rich divide that surrounds India.Through this novel Arvind Adiga portrays a clear-cut idea of India in his debut novel The White Tiger.

How far do you agree with the India represented in the novel The White Tiger?

 Yes I am agree ,The novel White tiger represent real  India.Adiga given image of Two India. ‘The white Tiger’ novel in narrator Balram talk about Wen Jiabao that India as two countries: The Darkness of India and The Light of India. Indian of darkness in northern part of India like UP, Bihar, WB, Jharkhand etc. in this place we find that people are so poor and rigid.  Here the ocean brings light to my country. 

   Arvind Adiga’s view plays a very vital role in Indian society and he shows the other facet of the Indian Culture. His literary genius is represented in the form of Darkness, Light, Corruption, Reality, and Authenticity of Class. One cannot deny that how Adiga has described the character of a common man; Balram Halwai, who becomes the central figure from the periphery with the development of novel. Especially, the concept of Rooster coop has been discussed marvelously which shows the inner sight of the writer regarding the Indian Society. Arvind Adiga represents a dark humor of modern life of India through the narration of the story of Balram Halwai. In other words one can say that it is a compelling, angry, and darkly humorous novel that provides ups and downs in the life of Balram Halwai. It creates two different Indias: “an India of Light and an India of Darkness.” It is the India of darkness which is focused by the novelist articulating the voice of silent majority trying to dismantle the discrimination between the “Big Bellies and the Small Bellies” and created a society based on the principles of inequality and injustice. It also talks about the Indian family, cast system, globalization, and individualism. Adiga  give the example  Religious point of views of River Ganga brings darkness to India - the black river.  We see in novel Balram talks about to the mother Ganga. And we see that the holy Ganga as river of India daughter of Vedas, this river of illumination, protector of us all and breaker of the chain of birth and rebirth. Balram talk about to the holy river Ganga as symbolize to darkness of India. Wherever it flows that area is the darkness and poor.

Do you believe that Balram's story is the archetype of all stories of 'rags to riches'?

Yes i belive that Balram's story is the archetype of all stories of "rages to riches because Balram success journey of  servent to entrepreneur.Balram poor boy become rich.

     example of movie “Slumdog millionaire” and the white tiger are same. Aravind Adiga tells the story of Balram Halwai, born 'Munna' in a shady village somewhere in India, that is supposedly the worst place to be alive at. And Jamal is also a poor man but at last he was rich. so here, we can say that Jamal and Balram Halwai as a man of ‘rags of riches’.

"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*? How?

White tiger novel can be applied the deconstructive reading .some loose points we can deconstruct that idea of novel this one line can be deconstruct whole novel." It is an Autobiography of half baked Indian"

Balram has killed his master and he become rich. Balram himself says that novel idea.

"Globalization" is the  context of novel White tiger

Aravind Adiga’s debut novel The White Tiger dramatizes the modern phases of globalization. The novel studies the contrast between India's rise as a modern global economy and the main character comes from the rural poor. Through out the novel Adiga comments about the first world influence on the third world countries.

 Global Phenomena

The Novel in modern time

 American atmosphere 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.” 

Individualism in Globalization

 Globalization has won in destruction of native culture, distribution of colonial power, and westernization. It has destroyed privacy in all fields. It helped to promote consumerist culture. It spread the concept that westernization is a part of civilization. Everything is superior if it is western liquor, girls, language, dressing. Globalization replaces the native culture by consumerist culture. Consumerist culture aims in the destruction of native culture and identity.