THEMES: Corruption Cynical manner Becomes part of the system, only revolution can change it Home, school (part of wider corruption), health system, master-servant relationship, democracy, police Globalization Made it difficult for the people in the Darkness to cope Succeeding in this world requires a flurry of ethical and personal compromises Social mobility Vijay Old caste sytem people were happy, now the structure promises the possibility for social mobility, but actually only offers two social divisions Identity Names show that he sees identity as fluid and malleable It is also entirely immovable as well- unresolved and internalized habits Morality Either or flexible- views as flexible, alternate moral system Nietzche’s ubermensch, who believes himself to be above the moral or legal limitations of society. Sexual morality, obligation and duty, and corruption Pairs and dualities, Contrasts Darkness/Light Democracy vs Socialism India vs China Men with small bellies and Men with Big Bellies Hospitals- father/Stork Blond prostitute Two versions of markets How the tables have turned- Pinky Madam’s hit and run and the bicycling boy Ironic contrast- what he says to prostitutes, what he wants to say Delhi apartment to quarter downstairs Power/Servitude/ Master servant relationship
THEMES: Corruption Cynical manner Becomes part of the system, only revolution can change it Home, school (part of wider corruption), health system, master-servant relationship, democracy, police Globalization Made it difficult for the people in the Darkness to cope Succeeding in this world requires a flurry of ethical and personal compromises Social mobility Vijay Old caste sytem people were happy, now the structure promises the possibility for social mobility, but actually only offers two social divisions Identity Names show that he sees identity as fluid and malleable It is also entirely immovable as well- unresolved and internalized habits Morality Either or flexible- views as flexible, alternate moral system Nietzche’s ubermensch, who believes himself to be above the moral or legal limitations of society. Sexual morality, obligation and duty, and corruption Pairs and dualities, Contrasts Darkness/Light Democracy vs Socialism India vs China Men with small bellies and Men with Big Bellies Hospitals- father/Stork Blond prostitute Two versions of markets How the tables have turned- Pinky Madam’s hit and run and the bicycling boy Ironic contrast- what he says to prostitutes, what he wants to say Delhi apartment to quarter downstairs Power/Servitude/ Master servant relationship
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