DARKNESS AND LIGHT IN ARAVIND ADIGA’S THE WHITE TIGER

Abstract

Literature is basically the reflection of society. And it is imperative that society is made up of darkness and light. This light and darkness can also be fictionalized for a better understanding. Great writers have always been able to dissect the society and bring out its defectives. It is not the duty of literature to be political and social, nor can one compartmentalize literature into politics and socialism, however, if literature deals with life in general then it is imperative to combine all the facets of the society.

Throughout the world, writers have written about their society with humour and despair. Some wanted to alter the course of history, and others were mere spectators or recorders of their society. Western writers are usually credited as being more radical, and daring to point out the foibles of the society. They wrote farcical plays, and satirical prose piece to incite the government. But in this century things have changed, and writers are not much radical like before.