![]() ![]() Because of Balram’s last name, he is able to get jobs at sweetshops easily. In India, a person’s last name is their caste, which means their destiny. Balram’s last name is Halwai, which means ‘sweet maker’. When Balram’s teacher found out he did not have a name, he took it upon himself to name him. ![]() Adiga purposely made Balram begin the story nameless, to show that he really started as a no one and from there he could only work his way up the social ladder.īalram was determined to break out of the norm of the society in India. His other family members seemed to have a relative disinterest in Balram when he was a child, so that was how he ended up being called “boy”. Balram’s mother was too ill to ever name him and his father was always working and too tired. ![]() He’s got no time to name me.’ ‘Don’t you have a granny? Aunts? Uncles?’ ‘They’ve got no time either”. Balram says, “‘He’s a rickshaw-puller, sir. When Balram started school, his teacher asked him why his father and other family members never named him. Since the day he was born, Balram’s family have called him ‘Munna’, which means “boy”. At the beginning of the story, Balram had no identity. ![]()
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