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Contrast+quote+exercise (White Tiger)
Contrast+quote+exercise (White Tiger)
Contrast+quote+exercise (White Tiger)
Contrast shown by
Adiga
Explain and
evaluate Adigas
meaning behind
the contrast.
The darkness is for
people the poor who live
in bad conditions, while
the light is for people
who have brought Delhi
to something.
understand if he is part of
the light because the
barrier is beyond the
control of his.
Delhi is seen as the light to
the people of India, but
even moving to Delhi
cannot transcend people
into the light because they
are still poor and live in
poverty. To become truly
part of the light, it takes
the courage and strength
of the White Tiger, the
poor bastards dont have
these skills and thus they
remain in darkness.
cannot.
Darkness and Light
Adiga is trying to
demonstrate a city that
is considered light, but
will never fully be light
until the poor of Delhi
are ridden from it. By
associating the poor with
Old Delhi and it
underdevelopment it is
pointing a finger at
because the poor remain
slaves, constantly
focused on staying alive
they will never think to
develop because they
are trapped in society
where they cannot revolt
because their constantly
oppressed from the light
of Delhi. While the light
is considered modern
because its development
is far revolutionising the
city because people who
are part of the light are
considered by Adiga to
be able to make change
to India, and that is why
it is in constant
development.
Darkness and Light
Because Balram is
describing an overview of
his story, he is
demonstrating his success
in achieving to break the
coop and to become part
of the light. He is
considered part of the light
because he made a
difference to India, he
revolted against the
oppression of Ashok by
determining him at his
weakest stage and killed
him. Following this he also
set up White Tiger
Technology Drivers which
was another change he
made to India through his
entrepreneurial skills.
Balram is used this as an
analogy, his story is
considered dark because
he committed murder, but
also because he was
considered for a majority
of the book part of the
darkness that is why this
link has been
Adiga is giving a
synopsis of the
contrasting change
Balram has made to
become part of the light
from being born in the
darkness. This quote is a
dynamic summary as it
gives the reader a sense
of how far it has taken
Balram to become a part
of the light.
Adiga is demonstrating
the situation of the poor
relative to life, as the
wealth of the rich brings
possessions that the
poor cannot quite buy,
but it also demonstrates
this nave nature in
Balram for he doesnt
understand that family
can come without this
cost
Adiga conveying a
meaning that Ashok
wealth had enabled him
to not even realise he
was being stolen from,
while Balrams limited
income is evident that
stealing from Ashok
doesnt make a cent
difference to the rich
while it makes a huge
difference to the poor
Adiga is contrasting the
unique ambitions of the
poor and rich that in
itself contrast each other
as the rich want to be
skinny and the poor
want to be fat
We were like two separate cities inside and outside the egg...I was in
some way out of the car too, even
while I was driving it.(p. 116)
Adiga is contrasting
Laxmangarh and Delhis
impact on Balram, where
he has become wicked
due to the freeness, and
social corruption that
Delhi has brought and
rather Laxmangarh is
innocent village for how
the landlords have
controlled it
Morality and Immorality
beyond reason
Ironic Contrasts
Ironic Contrasts
Ironic Contrasts
Ironic Contrasts
Adiga is demonstrating,
that by switching seats
between the two it has
quickly contrasted the
different positions
between the two. The
difference between the
two is demonstrated
only by wealth and when
Ashok becomes the
Environmental Contrasts
Adiga represents
throughout the book
contrast between the
rich and the poor and
how the rich always get
whats better in life.
Similarly he is showing
hear how the rich have
constantly oppressed the
poor to use power to
enforce them to build
shelters for themselves
while the poor live in
shelters hardly ethical to
cover an animal
Environmental Contrasts
An ironic environmental
contrast is the conditions
to keep alive in the winter
between the rich and the
poor, while the rich have
multiple resources that
keep them warm the poor
have to find resources to
keep warm.
be opened up to the
luxurious qualities of the
environment that the
rich live in compared to
the flee ridden, diseased
environments of the
poor. By contrasting a
conventional
environment that the
readers are used to, to a
harsh environment that
the poor must struggle
to survive in we feel a
sense of empathy to the
poor and why Balram is
determined to break the
coop