The Fourth Morning pg. 79- 95
Part1
In the beginning of this chapter or next letter to Mr. Premier, Balram talks about democracy. China India has a democracy and that is why they are going to beat China
Back in Balram’s childhood he remembers to get his birth date form the government, back when he was still working in the tea shop. Every worker had to go voting because the election was suppose to be close and the owner of the tea shop made a great deal for all his workers. Balram didn’t know his date of birth so that day was his 18th birthday.
At the time of this election the Great Socialist has been the boss for a decade. His symbol was symbolizing the poor shaking off the rich. People weren’t sure if he is a good or bad boss. His power was going down because he had a lot of criminal proceedings against him.
While Balram was working as a ‘driver’ the Great Socialist came to visit or better to say, he came to remember the Stork of the one million and a half he has to give back to him. It seemed like the Stork doesn’t have the money.
On the next morning when Balram was blow-drying the dogs Ram Bahadur came up to him and told him that Mr. Ashok and Pinky Madame are going to Delhi for three months and only one driver is going to take them. He will earn 3000 rupees a month.
Ram Persad, the other driver, start acting different in the last weeks. He didn’t eat with us anymore and his breath gone bad and in the evening he is leaving every night at the same time. On day Balram was following him. He went to a part of the city he never been before. Ram Perdad started running and stopped in front of a house, washed his face, gargeled, spat and took of his sandals and put them done into squares of a grille. Then Balram got it, Ram isn’t allowed to eat, it’s Ramadan. Balram went back, found the Nepali and told him he new that he and Ram are working together, that’s when Balram became the number one servant.
He slept in the bed for the first time, when he woke up Ram left without a word. So Balram was driving to New Delhi New Delhi
After that he stopped because he wants to talk about something different now and it is going to be darker. That’s where he is going to start at midnight.
Part2
Pg. 92-93 “ I thought, What a miserable life he’s had, having to hide his religion, his name, just to get a job as a driver – and he is a good driver, no question of it, a far better one than I will ever be. Part of me wanted to get up and apologize to him right there and say, You go and be a driver in Delhi
I like this statement from Balram. It’s hard for me to explain why because I’m not really sure.
I guess I like it because I it makes Balram human. It shows that he still cares in a way but the money for himself and his family is more important for him. I believe you can’t blame him for that with respect to the knowledge we have about his childhood.
He doesn’t want to live in those poor conditions and he doesn’t want his family to live like that either. His personal welfare is more important to him than Ram’s.
I think in this part of the book is Balram just happy to be successful in his job and to get out of the darkness into the light, New Delhi
Part3
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