Diction and Syntax in the white tiger

The diction that is present in this book really improves the book in terms of description and emphasis to focal points. Throughout the book many epitomes of anaphora, symbolism, figurative language and many more.

"His brother was called the Wild Boar. This fellow owned all the good agricultural land around Laxmangarh. If you wanted to work on those lands, you had to bow down to his feet, and touch the dust under his slippers, and agree to swallow his day wages. When he passed by women, his car would stop; the windows would roll down to reveal his grin; two of his teeth, on either side of his nose, were long and curved, like little tusks."

There is anaphora present in the passage above. "you had to bow down to his feet, and touch the dust under his slippers, and agree to swallow his day wages." The and adds emphasis and proves that if you want to use agriculture or work the field you have to do listen to all the thing that he tells you to do. Also there are many similes and metaphors and other figurative language in the passage above. These help me understand the text better because it lets us compare things. Comparisons help when you are trying to understand a text better. An example of figurative language in the passage above is "were long and curved, like little tusks." This shows us what he is describing looks like tusks.


"There was another fellow inside the Ambassador; a stout one with a bald, brown, dimpled head, a serene expression on his face, and a shotgun on his lap.He was the Buffalo."

 All the four leaders rich people of the village were called by animal names. They were brothers. The Buffalo was the most greedy man who who was one of the major land lords. If you used the road or were a rickshaw puller you also had to pay him. He took control of the town.

The Wild Boar is the the owner of all the good agricultural land in the village. If you wanted to work in the field, you had to bow down to him and listen to all his commands.

The Stork was the man who was in charge of the river. He was a fat man with a thick mustache. He got a cut or payment for every fish that fisherman caught, He taxed anyone who crossed that river. He got money for everything that went on near the river.

The Raven was the owner of the worst land. It was all rocky and not fit for agricultural use. he took a cut or took some money for all the goatherds that went to his land to graze. If the owner didn't have money, then he dipped his beak into their backsides.

https://www.gilderlehrman.org/history-by-era/war-for-independence/resources/teaching-revolution

This source talks about unfair taxes from the American revolution and how the colonist fought them. The same thing happens in the book. Soon it was so hard to get by that most people left that place to fight the land lords and ruin their business. (Text to History/society connection)