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This essay will discuss how poverty in India sees children turn to crime to sustain a living. This can be seen in "Slumdog Millionaire" through the character of Jamal Malik, Salim Malik and others. In the movie it shows how a young individual, Jamal Malik from slums gets into a Indian version of a game show called "who wants to be a millionaire." At the start of the movie Jamal is being tortured by local police because they believe he has cheated in the show, due to his past struggles , his status as a slumdog and lack of knowledge. According to them it is impossible for someone like him to know the answers that even the smartest individuals have not been able to answer. As he tells the police officer his story which reveals the truth behind his ability to answer the questions, he is than released from the prison and goes on the show to answer the remaining one question which he gets correct to win the grand prize. Salim Malik is not like his younger brother Jamal, after death of their mother Salim was leader of the family. Salim got himself in crime world and started working with gangsters for whom he was willing to do anything he was told to gain a respectful status he wanted. Labelling very well defines how the people with better status see the individuals from slums who are looked upon as they do not even exist. They are denied job or paid very less for the work they do, which causes them to do illegal work which earns them a lot of money but also putting their lives in jeopardy. Inequality also plays a major part with families in slums because of religion or cast they belong to. In many countries like India religion separates many people such as Muslims and Hindus who have a very bitter and forever going hatred amongst each ... ... middle of paper ... ...tunate back ground they come from. If kids are fortunate enough to get basic education and when the time comes to move up to different classes they don’t have enough money to pay their fees or buy book which they require and without them they are forced to drop out. Also just because they are from the slums and do not get any respect from everyone including teachers they are beaten for not doing their homework or answering the question wrong. In the movie Jamal and Salim are dropped off to school by their mother and because they were late and were not able to open the book right the teacher hit them both and making feel unwanted. This could very well have been one of the reason they could not continue with their school or at least try to get basic education. http://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/2002/05/24/may-24-2002-hindu-muslim-conflict-in-india/12044/

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