The White Tiger Humour Essay

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I found the humor that Balram used in The White Tiger to be a Hidden Gem. The humor in the book is used to emphasize how much Balram relies on humor as a coping mechanism, both to cope with the effects of the immoral choices of the rich on him and with having to make immoral choices himself. I found this very unique and interesting because most books I read that are about a serious subject, don’t use humor. Also, the humor in The White Tiger also seems to make the story more digestible for me, except for some racist and sexist humor. It is hard to read social commentaries because they can be boring and expose many of the negative, immoral aspects of society. For me personally, he humor made the book easy to digest and more fun to read. When

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