In Second Night, Balram figures out that his future will be based off his destiny “What caste is that top or bottom? And I knew that my future depended on that question” (Adiga 53)
In the beginning of Second Night Balram tries to learn how to drive, but the first thing that is asked of him by the old man “What caste are you?”(Adiga 47). The old man’s tone seems to be authoritive and skeptical because he asks nothing about Balrams education, experience, background, but his caste. As soon as he hears that Balrams caste is “Halwais” (Adiga 47), he immediately disapproves by shaking his head because he thinks “You need to have aggression in your blood” (Adiga 47). The old man’s diction suggests that “Sweet Makers” can’t drive because they can’t be aggressive to others while driving “You think sweet makers …show more content…
That’s my caste-my destiny” (Adiga 53). Balrams tone at this moment is impassioned because he has accepted that fact that he’ll never move past being a sweet maker based of his caste, he says “That’s why Kishan and I kept getting jobs at sweetshops wherever we went” (Adiga 53). He almost seems depressed, you can see an image of Balram working in a sweet shop looking gloomy, wishing that he can do something else with his life.
These two pages is significant because Adiga is trying to put out a message. The message that can be seen from these pages is that a caste defines who you are, It decides what your life and future will be like as long as you live in the “Darkness”. You’ll get a job based of your caste, not your skills because “Everyone in the Darkness who hears that name knows all about me at once”(Adiga 53). The old man knew Balram the moment he walked in, which is why he was being so so defiante on teaching Balram how to drive. There’s no such thing as going from a lower caste to a top caste because the caste system won’t let
In the beginning of Second Night Balram tries to learn how to drive, but the first thing that is asked of him by the old man “What caste are you?”(Adiga 47). The old man’s tone seems to be authoritive and skeptical because he asks nothing about Balrams education, experience, background, but his caste. As soon as he hears that Balrams caste is “Halwais” (Adiga 47), he immediately disapproves by shaking his head because he thinks “You need to have aggression in your blood” (Adiga 47). The old man’s diction suggests that “Sweet Makers” can’t drive because they can’t be aggressive to others while driving “You think sweet makers …show more content…
That’s my caste-my destiny” (Adiga 53). Balrams tone at this moment is impassioned because he has accepted that fact that he’ll never move past being a sweet maker based of his caste, he says “That’s why Kishan and I kept getting jobs at sweetshops wherever we went” (Adiga 53). He almost seems depressed, you can see an image of Balram working in a sweet shop looking gloomy, wishing that he can do something else with his life.
These two pages is significant because Adiga is trying to put out a message. The message that can be seen from these pages is that a caste defines who you are, It decides what your life and future will be like as long as you live in the “Darkness”. You’ll get a job based of your caste, not your skills because “Everyone in the Darkness who hears that name knows all about me at once”(Adiga 53). The old man knew Balram the moment he walked in, which is why he was being so so defiante on teaching Balram how to drive. There’s no such thing as going from a lower caste to a top caste because the caste system won’t let