In a world where one's social standing often determines dreams, the struggle to transcend societal barriers is a relentless pursuit fraught with peril and hope. In “The White Tiger” by Aravind Adiga and “The Hate U Give” by Angie Thomas, both authors explore themes of social hierarchy and inequality, demonstrating how an unequal society hinders individuals from achieving success by using symbolism. Both main characters try to break the social norms, but due to the different characters, each novel presents different approaches and outcomes for navigating and challenging these systemic barriers. In both "The White Tiger" by Aravind Adiga and "The Hate U Give" by Angie Thomas, symbolism is employed to shed light on the theme of systemic injustices …show more content…
Powerful symbolism illuminates their different character towards society, which leads them to have different types of struggles for freedom and equality. Other than the Rooster coop, Balram calls him the white tiger, which shows his character towards the injustice society. When he becomes successful and builds up his own company, Balram says “A White Tiger keeps no friends”. This statement highlights his individualistic solitary journey and his understanding of the risks associated with his ambitions. Balram kept identifying himself as a white tiger, and the white tiger in the novel serves as a symbol of rarity and uniqueness, representing Balram's aspirations to break free from the confines of his social class and achieve success. Compared to regular tigers, white tigers occur at one in 10,000 chance, showing that there are few people like Balram who broke social norms and yearned for freedom. It shows his character that sets him apart from others in his class who accept their lot in life without question. Unlike other Indians, Balram refuses to be trapped in the oppressive and hierarchical structures of Indian society, and he begins his journey by leaving his family and finding a job as the characteristic of the white tiger that they live alone to hunt in the wild more easily. Balram's steadfast individualism reflects his conviction that society will never become fair, indicating that he has chosen a path to success that aligns with societal norms and expectations. Unlikely, Starr's journey embodies resilience and defiance as a community against systemic oppression. At the end of the story, protesting for justice and equal society for every community, Starr mentions “Be roses that grow in the concrete.” Roses are notoriously difficult to grow, a rose growing in concrete is a miraculous occurrence, and it rarely happens. Therefore, roses
The book “Dead Girls Don’t Lie” written by Jennifer Shaw Wolf focuses on a variety of different ideas and topics, mostly fixating the murder of the main character’s best friend Rachel. With this also comes gang violence, lost and found relationships, and the fact that some people will go to great extents in order to keep a lethal secret from the public eye. Rachel and Jaycee were best friends up until 6 months before where the book started. But, an altercation between them caused the breakup of their long lasted friendship. It is soon found out that Rachel was shot through her bedroom window, which is at first suspected to be gang violence. When Jaycee doesn’t answer her phone on the night Rachel was murdered, she received a text that circulates
In Under a Cruel Star, Heda Margolious Kovaly details the attractiveness and terror of Communism brought to Czechoslovakia following WWII. Kovaly’s accounts of how communism impacted Czechoslovakia are fascinating because they are accounts of a woman who was skeptical, but also seemed hopeful for communism’s success. Kovaly was not entirely pro-communism, nor was she entirely anti-communism during the Party’s takeover. By telling her accounts of being trapped in the Lodz Ghetto and the torture she faced in Auschwitz, Kovaly displays her terror experienced with a fascist regime and her need for change. Kovaly said that the people of Czechoslovakia welcomed communism because it provided them with the chance to make up for the passivity they had let occur during the German occupation. Communism’s appeal to
Alexander Stowe is a twin, his brother is Aaron Stowe. Alex is an Unwanted, Aaron is a Wanted, and their parents are Necessaries. Alex is creative in a world where you can’t even see the entire sky, and military is the dream job for everyone and anyone. He should have been eliminated, just like all the unwanteds should have been. He instead comes upon Artimè, where he trains as a magical warrior- after a while. When he was still in basic training, and his friends were not, he got upset, he wants to be the leader, the one everyone looks up to.
The fourth Chapter of Estella Blackburn’s non fiction novel Broken lives “A Fathers Influence”, exposes readers to Eric Edgar Cooke and John Button’s time of adolescence. The chapter juxtaposes the two main characters too provide the reader with character analyses so later they may make judgment on the verdict. The chapter includes accounts of the crimes and punishments that Cooke contended with from 1948 to 1958. Cooke’s psychiatric assessment that he received during one of his first convictions and his life after conviction, marring Sally Lavin. It also exposes John Button’s crime of truancy, and his move from the UK to Australia.
In the poem pride, Dahlia Ravikovitch uses many poetic devices. She uses an analogy for the poem as a whole, and a few metaphors inside it, such as, “the rock has an open wound.” Ravikovitch also uses personification multiple times, for example: “Years pass over them as they wait.” and, “the seaweed whips around, the sea bursts forth and rolls back--” Ravikovitch also uses inclusive language such as when she says: “I’m telling you,” and “I told you.” She uses these phrases to make the reader feel apart of the poem, and to draw the reader in. She also uses repetition, for example, repetition of the word years.
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I read the book Drowning Anna by Sue Mayfield. It is a book about a girl who is forced to deal with a ruthless bully, Hayley Parkin. She also goes through heartbreak, backstabbing, and much more. Anna Goldsmith, the main character of my book, moves from a classy city in London, England, to a small Yorkshire town. At first, she is treated like a queen, mostly because of her movie-star good looks. She has beautiful black hair, and perfect, glowing skin. She is also an A student. She plays the in the orchestra and succeeds in everything that she does. Everyone liked her at first, especially Hayley Parkin. Hayley is rich and beautiful with long blonde hair. She is the popular girl who everyone bows down to. Hayley and Anna were inseparable at first. Haley would buy Anna clothes and fancy watches. Also at lunch Hayley would buy Anna cokes every day. And just as Anna thought she had a best friend already, for she had only been at the new school for a week, things changed, and they changed fast.
In Black and Blue, Fran Benedetto tells a spellbinding story: how at nineteen she fell in love with Bobby Benedetto, how their passionate marriage became a nightmare, why she stayed, and what happened on the night she finally decided to run away with her ten-year-old son and start a new life under a new name. Living in fear in Florida--yet with increasing confidence, freedom, and hope--Fran unravels the complex threads of family, identity, and desire that shape a woman's life, even as she begins to create a new one. As Fran starts to heal from the pain of the past, she almost believes she has escaped it--that Bobby Benedetto will not find her and again provoke the complex combustion between them of attraction and destruction, lust and love. Black and Blue is a beautifully written, heart-stopping story in which Anna Quindlen writes with power, wisdom, and humor about the real lives of men and women, the varieties of people and love, the bonds between mother and child, the solace of family and friendship, the inexplicable feelings between people who are passionately connected in ways they don't understand. It is a remarkable work of fiction by the writer whom Alice Hoffman has called "a national treasure." With this stunning novel about a woman and a marriage that begins in passion and becomes violent, Anna Quindlen moves to a new dimension as a writer of superb fiction. Black and Blue is a beautifully written, heart-stopping story in which Anna Quindlen writes with power, wisdom, and humor about the real lives of men and women, the varieties of people and love, the bonds between mother and child, the solace of family and friendship, the inexplicable feelings between people who are passionately connected in ways they don't understa...
When determining what is good poetry, the analysis does not need to be conducted by experts of poetry. The goal of poetry is to provide a means of communication from the author to the reader or listener, so those on the receiving end of poetry can measure the success of this communication. However, these opinions are inherently subjective. Even if two people agree that a certain poem is an example of good poetry, they may disagree on what makes this poem exceptional. Personally, I believe that good poetry expresses sophisticated thoughts, while also creating a songlike sound when read or heard.
This is How You Lose Her is a book written by Junot Diaz consisting of short stories, told by the protagonist, Yunior. Yunior’s character is described as the Dominican guy who struggles with infidelity and unable to love others full-heartedly. Diaz also shows how in Dominican culture; men carry the reputation of being womanizers and usually is pass from one generation to the next. Throughout the book, he tells us stories pertaining to the relationships he had with the women he had in his life, and his family. From the stories one can assume that Yunior, caught up in a vicious cycle was destined to follow into patriarchy; a father who cheated on his mother, and an oldest brother who followed
While symbols are everywhere in the world, some are well known and others are unfamiliar. Like, in Eudora Welty’s vividly imaginative short story, “A Worn Path”, symbolism can be seen throughout. “A Worn Path” tells the tale of Phoenix Jackson-an African American woman-who deals with the oppression from whites during the mid-1900’s. Phoenix Jackson’s grandson has swallowed Lye and it is time for her to obtain his medicine from town. She begins her journey to town on a cold early morning in December. Phoenix dreads this year round journey because she is very old, partially blind, and can hardly walk without a cane. The author points out, “She carried a thin, small cane made from an umbrella and with this she kept tapping the frozen earth in
Wright uses Symbolism extensively throughout the book in order to portray how racism affected the lives and decisions of African-Americans in the pre-World War II era. These symbols are extremely effective as they open the reader to the harsh truth about race-relations in the 1930s while making him/her explore their own beliefs on the topic. The first major symbol used...
... world that Balram lives in is harsh and cruel, mainly because of the Rooster Coop. The Rooster Coop kept Balram from discovering his own potential in life, until finally he realized that he could leave the Coop. The fear and hatred the poor felt kept them in line, and kept others around them from becoming White Tigers. If the people of India were to realize that they were in a Rooster Coop, India’s slums would most likely disappear, and the poor of India would finally realize their true potential. The government would be forced to fulfill its promises and the rich would no longer rule India. Adiga has a lot of agility. Balram was a very dutiful servant. Balram repulsed the whore. He went through a period of florescence. This is an odd genre. Balram was their chaperon. Mrs. Pinky was quite in fashion. Balram uses a lot of sarcasm. In Mythology there are Centaurs.
Like Life by Lorrie Moore thematically presents stories revolving around romance and how heartache and how irony can arise in a relationship. Two stories within her book present characters that are unable to cope with the "real world" and end up being lonely. “Vissi d’Arte” and “Starving Again” focuses more with male protagonists who both fail at creating a long lasting relationship and affection for something by being narrow minded and blind by their actions.
INTRODUCTION PARAGRAPH: Theme Statement: (1 sentence) Society’s implementation of social class influences individual perceptions and interactions, often creating invisible barriers that shape personal relationships. Harnessing Statements: (1-2 sentences) The persistent nature of hierarchy is instilled in young minds from an early age, as exemplified in Liliana Heker’s, "The Stolen Party," revealing harsh realities through the experiences of young Rosaura. As Rosaura navigates her interactions at a birthday party, the narrative uses subtle yet powerful character portrayals to highlight the influence of social status in the creation of such barriers. Thesis Statement: (1 sentence)