The white tiger by Arvind Adiga The new literature

1. The white tiger by Arvind Adiga

2. Name : Rathod nirali j.
Paper no : 13
Roll no: 22
Email id : niralijrathod@gamil.com
Submitted to smt.SB. Gardi
Department of English

3.  Arvind Adiga was born in 1974
in Chennai, India.
 His first novel was The White
Tiger. Which was published in
2008.
 He attended Columbia and
oxford universities. He
currently lives in Mumbai,
India.
 His articles have appeared in
Sunday times, the newyorker ,
Financial times and the times
of India.

4.  Symbolism is the use of Symbol to
signify idea and qualities, by giving
them Symbolic meaning that are
different from their literal sense.
 “Symbolism means use of Symbol like
object, characters. Figures or colour to
represent abstract ideas. Concept or
qualities”

5.  The white Tiger
 The Darkness
 The Black Fort
 Honda citizen
 The Rooster coop
 Delhi City

6.  Myth of Yin and Yang
 Man Vs Nature
 Central metaphor, balram considers
himself a white tiger, a unique and
exceptional creature, both trapped in
rooster coop yet poised to escape, he
cannot prove his exceptionalism
without breaking free, the rooster
coop will never be bested by
chickens, it will take a white tiger.
 “The white tiger.”
 “ That’s What you are, in this jungle.”

7. India is two countries in one..
 “The ocean bring light to my
country. Everyday place on the
map of India near the ocean is
well off. But river brings
darkness to India- the black
river”

8.  The Black Fort stands on the crest of a hill overlooking the
village, the Black fort is a symbol of the extreme poverty
and Darkness and fear.
 The architectural centerpiece of balram's village. As a child
he is afraid to go alone, but he conquers this fear as he gets
order. It later becomes his sanctuary, where he goes to
contemplate his misfortune.
 The Fort is located high on a hill, and as he looks down on
his village, he vows to escape from the Rooster Coop and
never to return

9.  This is the more luxuries of the 2 cars
owned by the stork’s family. When
Balram is 1st hired as a driver, he is never
allowed to drive this car. When he is
promoted and able to drive the Honda ,
he feels like he has “made it” in life.
Later in the story, Balram secretly takes
the car out at night on his own,
pretending to be wealthy.

10.  Symbol of master- slave relationship.
 The Rooster coops is a metaphor for the society balram
lives in.
 It is a place where the poor do not have the ambition to
break out of their miserable to break out of their miserable
lives, even though they are oppressed.
 The roosters can" smell the blood form above. They see the
organs of their brothers lying around them. They know
they’re next. Yet they do not rebel. They do not try to get
our of the coop.”
 Balram escaped the Rooster coop and declared himself his
“own master”.

11.  Symbol of Rich and poor,
life.
 Environmental, social,
cultural, political and
moral drawbacks.
traffic jam, corruption
and pollution are such
problems which are
chiefly tackled by Adiga.

12.  Symbol of darkness, Fear and Phobia.
 Represent the fears, cultural values, superstition that
trapped Balram in the Darkness, many of which he
seems to still fear hold him back.

13. Arvind Adiga explains the novel
with the use of symbols. Arvind
Adiga tries to explain story of
Balram Halwai.