Summary
Ram Mohammad Thomas is arrested and accused of cheating in a game show when has never gone to school, or read any books, though he was able to choose the correct answers in a Quiz show. Speaking with a person who doesn't care that he is on Ram cheated or not, he wonders how Ram was able to answer the questions correctly, and then they have a flashback to when they were meeting an actor and onward. He and his best friend find out that their favorite actor was hurt, and rejected because he was gay. His friend is in tears because of this and that his best friends hero died. They then decide to try for the gameshow "Who wants to win a billion!" and at random, Ram is chosen as a contestant for the gameshow. He gets the first question right because his attendence in theatres to watch movies. Afterwards, he talks about his daily life, like how he would pilfer some newspapers from Mr. Barve's trash can to make fire in the kitchen, that he would sometimes read the newspapers before they are reduced to ash. He would also be watching movies and looking at the stars at night. In the end of the passage, Gudiya, a friend of Ram, gets a kitten and pleads his parents to keep it, and eventually they allow the cat to live with them, with the name Pluto because it is the smallest in the family.
Quote
"That i am meant to live life like a dog, and die like an insect." (Swarup 17)
Reaction
Throughout this passage, i think that it is a racist thing that Ram is accused of cheating on a gameshow when he is young and Indian. I'm not completely sure he is arrested for this reason, but so far, i think that it is. This probable racism is the reason i chose to read this book. Other than that, i think that it's nice to have some suspense to know whether or not Ram didn't cheat or not, and if he'll be innocent or guilty in the end. I really want to know more of what'll happen next in Ram's flashbacks and accusation.
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