The White Tiger Paper- the Rooster Coop

All over the world, no matter how advanced a country or its people are, a version of the metaphorical Rooster Coop is in place. The Rooster Coop is used to keep people in their seats and let the "butchers" keep their wealth. Even though it is much less severe in other countries besides India, it is still in place. In places such as America, we have different levels of position in businesses. In a typical company, an entry level position is at the bottom, and that person will likely never be able to reach the top positions in the enterprise, even with years of hard work. Although a small number of individuals will be able to arrive at the top, as Balram says of the conditions in India, "it would take no normal human being, but a freak, a pervert of nature. It would, in fact, take a White Tiger" (150). Even though the USA is far ahead of India in almost every aspect, it is still subject to the ideology of the Rooster Coop. In the novel The White Tiger, by Aravind Adiga, the Rooster Coop shows how the lower classes of India have been conditioned to believe that they cannot rise above their lot. The upper classes do this by threatening the families of their servants. The Rooster Coop of India harnesses the power of fear to control the lower and upper classes to keep their place in the social, political, and economic environments of India. The Great Socialist is the butcher along with his cronies and the Landlords. They hover far above all the men, women, and children in the Darkness. The Rooster Coop keeps all the people of India in their place, whether that is high or low.

The Great Socialist is one of the most corrupt individuals in all of the India, according to Balram, and his power hurts everyone. Within the first few chapters, he extorts money from the Stork and threatens him. No one can touch the power of the great Socialist because he controls the elections. When one of the villagers says he wants not to vote for the Great Socialist, the police proceed to beat him to death. This shows how corrupt the Great Socialist has made life in India. Balram’s first time in his presence, the Great Socialist threatens the Stork, saying,"I made you what you are today: and by God, you cross me, and you'll go back there into that village" (88). The Great Socialist shows a sense of nefarious activities. He wields all the political power in India. Even though all the Landowners involve themselves in the politics of India, they are as much subject to being butchered by the Great Socialist as everyone else. The Rooster Coop in the policy of India separates the most powerful man from everyone else. The Great Socialist can destroy everyone in India; the threat does not depend on the wealth of a person, or on whether the person is of the highest or lowest social classes; the reach of the Great Socialist is everywhere. Even the highest office of the Indian Government, the Prime Minister, has no maximum length of the room, which means that men or women like the Great Socialist can become almost like dictators or Kings and Queens for the rest of their lives once they are elected.

Throughout many early parts of his servitude, Balram sees a distinct difference between himself and his masters. In his story, Balram exits the Darkness and enters into a new social class. Early on, he writes to the Chinese Premier that he believes, he is "one of your kind." He writes that he has embraced this new wealth he has acquired. Even though he starts as a “half-baked village boy,” he becomes a wealthy entrepreneur. Ashok also contributed to Balram increasing in social class. After Pinky Madam leaves him and goes back to America, Ashok befriends Balram and makes him feel equal to Ashok. Ashok's actions make Balram feel more and more that he belongs in the Light with Ashok, and he will then do anything to stay there on his own. This is also the time that