This document summarizes a reading session about the book "Slumdog Millionaire" by Vikas Swarup. It includes a list of books discussed, vocabulary words, characters from the book, and a multi-paragraph summary of the plot. The summary explains that the main character Ram wins the game show "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?" because the questions help him recall stories from his life that provide the answers. It describes how he uses the money from the show to save his girlfriend Nita from her abusive boyfriend, who turns out to be the host of the game show.

1. Reading
session
By Sara Díaz
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2. List of books
day – David Nicholls (Level 5)
 Slumdog Millionaire – Vikas Swarup
 One
(Level 5)
 Umbrella (Level 1)
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3. Slumdog millionaire
Written by Vikas Swarup
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4. Words you need to know
Presenter: Presentador
 Lawyer: Advocat
 Prize: Premi
 Trust: Confiar
 Succesful: Exitòs
 Illiterate: Analfabet
 Rupees: Rupías
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5. Characters
Ram Mohammad Thomas: Main
character
 Salim Iyasi: Ram‟s best friend
 Smita/Gudiya: Ram‟s “sister”
 Prem Kumar: Presentetr of „Who wants
to be a millionaire?‟
 Neelima Kumari: A famous actress
 Maman: Gangster
 Masterji: Music‟s teacher
 Nita: Ram‟s girlfriend
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6. Summary (1st Part)
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The story starts when Ram is at the police
station and a police is torturing him
because he won a TV show and the people
thing that he cheats. Then, a lawyer went
to rescue him. Ram explained why he won
the show. The reason was that they ask the
correct answers to make him win.
In one anecdote he explains how he met
Prem Kumar and Neelima Kumari. Prem
Kumar was a man that hurts Neelima
Kumari. Neelima Kumari was a woman that
gave job to Ram.
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7. Summary (2nd part)
Then, he meet Nita, and fall in love but she was
with a man that hurts her. To save her, her
parents wanted 40.000 rupees. When he had the
money, Nita became sick because her boyfriend
hit her. Then, Ram needed another 40.000
rupees to save him. Then he saw an
advertisement of 'Who wants to be millionaire?'.
 Initially, he makes you think that he was
participating at the TV show because he need
the money but he only wants revenge because
the presenter is Prem Kumar. Prem Kumar was
Nita's boyfriend. Ram was about to kill him but he
couldn't.
Then, he answer the final question, he won the
TV show and save Nita.
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8. In my opinion…
It‟s a great book.
 It doesn‟t seems to the movie.
 It teach me that we can‟t trust to
strangers.
 You can be succesful even being
illiterate.
 I recommend this book to girls
and boys.
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9. What did I learned during the
reading sessions?
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10. THE END
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