The Untouchable

Carl Marx; The Untouchable Dream Carl Marx has been criticized and slandered due to his views on the economy and how it should be approached. The disdain towards his beliefs are understandable with all the corrupt political systems that have risen in the name of Marxism. Marx’s views, however, are not as terrible as society makes them out to be. Marx thoughts on the economy are a dream that even he did not know how to achieve. Marx saw how the world worked based on historical patterns and only…

Vinh Lee AP English July 19 2016 In Virginia Woolf’s excerpt from “Moments of Being,” she describes her adolescent years from her childhood when she would spend her summers in Cornwall, England. She uses many different kinds of language to convey and improve her memories as a child. In the excerpt she uses imagery and tone to help convey her memories with her family. Virginia Woolf uses specific events at the lake to explain her time with her father and how he gave her advice on being…

The Commander In the beginning of the book, Offred notices the Commander standing right outside what she now refers to as “her” room. He has his back to her and is peering intently inside of the room. Offred instantly feels that her privacy is being violated just as he is violating the rules stating that he is not to be there (49). That was the first time that Offred encountered the Commander. The Commander’s motivation was to see who the new woman was that moved into the previous mistress's…

6. Perspective and Identity Untouchable’s central character Bakha and Joothan’s narrator play a key role in communicating the emotions, thoughts and conflicts of a marginalised society. Their bitterness towards the subjugating higher classes along with their helplessness and constant urge yet failure to fight back allows the readers to understand the plight of the Dalits rather than just sympathise with them. While Bakha is a victim of subjugation and is pushed deeper into the realms of…

of the earliest novelists in English, was, no doubt, under the influence of his time when he wrote his debut novel, 'Untouchable'. He was realistic when he pictured the Indian settling of his time. He was very much impartial while talking about the good and the bad about the practices existing in those days in the Indian society in general and Hinduism in particular. 'Untouchable' is a sociological novel, which seeks to stress the evils of untouchability by focusing attention on the miserable…

This article explores the spirit of postcolonialism in the writings of Mulk Raj Anand. In his novels Untouchable and Coolie he not only reflects the exploitation of his contemporary society but also he has posed strong objection to the system. The society was ridden with so many categories of social exploitations based on religion, caste, class, poverty, education, marriage and sex. Anand in his fictional writings stages a three-fold protest against the political domination of colonialism, the…

The subaltern study of Untouchable highlights the role of caste in an Indian Hindu society. The dominance of caste divides the society as well as human psyche. Since ancient period a lot of religious taboos, superstitions and misconception exist in Indian Hindu society and they may be responsible for subalternity in society. At the one hand high caste Hindus dominate and exploit lower caste because they think their birth in high caste is the blessing of God and they have the right to rule over…

pollution does not come they sexually exploit the untouchables; if they do not yield to their demand, they would be accused doing something wrong or they talk pollution, god and religion as it happens in the case of Sohini, Bakha’s sister. A L Basham, a well-known historian points out in his famous book The Wonder That Was India:Vol.1 how the Brahmans sexually exploited the women of lower castes in the name of god and religion. The exploitation of untouchables in all possible way is taking from…

debarred untouchables from entering and worshiping deities in the temples; they were stoned, insulted, disgraced and dishonored in the streets. Even elected Parliament members are assaulted Yet they worshiped deities outside the temples. The poor untouchables believed by doing so, sooner or later their fate will change, albeit rubbed their forehead at the entrance of temples. However, the lines on the brow disappeared and no ending to the misery and sufferings since they are untouchables. But,…

beef forms the chief item of food consumed by communities that are usually classified as untouchable communities. No Hindu community,…