Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Slumdog Millionaire- Entry 2

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  1. Ram is now in a juvenile home with kids that dont have parents as well. when the kids do not listen Mr. Agnihotri beats them.
  2. Salim and Ram become best of friends, even though they are both complete opposites.
  3. Salim and Ram are bought by a family, Sethji. They live in Mumbai. Salim is happy about this and is having exciting thoughts about his new life, while Ram is having negative/careless thoughts.
  4. Since Ram is so use to changing up homes and family he is not very fond of this new change in his life, however Salim is.
  5. Ram is finally learning new words at this new life he is living now. He is now enjoying his stay with the Taylor family, because he can finally let go of his traumatic past.
Questions:
  1. Why did Gupta want both Ram and Salim to be bought by the same guy? Did he lie about the fact that they wanted to get rid of all the kids soon?
  2. What is Salim and Ram are both real brothers, since they both "click" so well?
  3. Why does Colonel Taylor cheat on his wife? what was the point of that? to hurt her?
  4. The fact that Ram encounters so much sexual and criminal things in his life, is that what makes him smarter?
Words:
  1. Badminton (pg 74)- a game played on a rectangular court by two players or two pairs of players equipped with light rackets used to volley a shuttlecock over a high net that divides the court in half
  2. writhing (pg 78)- to twist the body about, or squirm, as in pain, violent effort, etc.
  3. Bludgers (pg 116)- (bludge): to shirk
Literary Terms:

Summary:
  • The second journey onto Ram's life where he meets a new best friend by the name of Salim. They go through journeys together and live together as brothers.

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