Aravind Adiga was born in 1974 in Madras (now called Chennai), and grew up in Mangalore in the south of India. He was educated at Columbia University in New York and Magdalen College, Oxford. His articles have appeared in publications such as the New Yorker, the Sunday Times, the Financial Times, and the Times of India. His first novel, The White Tiger, won the Man Booker Prize for fiction in 2008. A second novel, Last Man in Tower, was published in 2011. (from Adiga's official site)
Reading:
Aravind Adiga, The White Tiger, 1-54
Study Questions:
1. What is the novel's view of education? How does this compare to your own view of education? Make sure, as always, to support your answer with textual evidence.
2. How does Balram define morality? Why does he define morality in this way? Make sure, as always, to support your answers with textual evidence.
