The Seventh Night

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 6

Goals for today 

Questions to consider on "The Seventh Night" 

Book club discussion questions in groups 

The concepts of The White Tiger

The concepts of 1984

Initial brainstorming of a paper 2 question 

Book club discussion questions 

Sikander 

Tashifa 

Huub 

Roos 

Francesco

Catherina

Merel 

Manuel 

Quirine 

Charlotte 

Zoe 

Samuel 

Louie 

The Seventh Night 

1. How does Balram kill Ashok and what happens to Dharam?

2. What exactly does Balram’s company do and what are his ambitions for the future?

3. Why is the Great Socialist’s visit to Bangalore not going to change the fortune of the common people?

4. How does Balram handle the accidental killing of a boy by one of his drivers? What do you make of this?

5. Why is it fair to say that Balram had the choice between two different nightmares in his life?

The Seventh Night

“A name is important to a person’s identity.” To what extent is this true for Adiga’s protagonist?

Write three paragraphs, including an introduction and a thesis statement considering this question. 

Book club discussion questions 

Sikander 

Tashifa 

Huub 

Roos 

Francesco

Catherina

Merel 

Manuel 

Quirine 

Charlotte 

Zoe 

Samuel 

Louie 

Central concepts in The White Tiger

Inequality corruption education freedom 

Supporting concepts 

caste/social system

entrepreneurship

bribery & fraud

power & privilege

globalisation

Conceptual relationship questions 

How does corruption influence inequality?

What is the role of education in freedom?

What effect do inequality and corruption have on freedom?

What is the role of inequality in corruption? 

Concepts HL language and literature 

Concepts we explored: 

Control, Rebellion, love, politics, sex 

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Conceptual relationship questions 

How does politics influence control? 

What is the role of love in rebellion? 

What effect do politics and control have on rebellion? 

What is the role of control in politics? 

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Paper 2 question 

Discuss the ways that writers have presented characters that feel alienated from their society in two of the works you have studied.