![]() ![]() ![]() Previous Section Test Yourself! - Quiz 4 Buy Study Guide How To Cite in MLA Format Godina, Jenya. “Aravind Adiga’s The White Tiger: The Voice of Underclass-a Postcolonial Dialectic.” Journal of Literature, Culture and Media Studies 1.2 (2009): 98-112. “Breaking out of the rooster coop: violent crime in Aravind Adiga’s The White Tiger and Richard Wright’s Native Son.” Comparative Literature Studies 48.1 (2011): 1-19. “Redefinitions of India and Individuality in Adiga’s The White Tiger.” CLC Web: Comparative Literature and Culture, Purdue University 14.2 (2012):1-8. “Double Vision in Aravind Adiga’s The White Tiger.” Ariel: A Review of International English Literature 42.2 (2012): 163-175. ![]() Delhi: Ess Ess Publications, 1975.Īravind Adiga. Caste in India : the facts and the system. ![]()
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