Summary
In this last section of Q&A, Ram gets the last two questions, well actually, all of the questions correct. Getting the answers from life experiences that he tells to his lawyer, for months later in the present time, his lawyer Smita gets him out of the mess. Except for something called, "Quiz show tax" where the quiz company took some of the quiz money that Ram earned.
For the twelfth question, Ram used a life boat called, "A Friendly tip" where in "Who wants to be a millionaire" it is a lifeline. After using that, he correctly answers the question, and moves on. For the thirteen question, Ram uses another lifeboat called "Half-and-Half" where it's the 50-50 in Who wants to be a ?Millionaire.
Quotation
"I will go by my instinct, and my instinct tells me to trust the answer given by Mr. Chatterjee. It is C. Love's Labour's Lost." (Swarup 299)
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FINALLY!!! Ram has been proven right, thanks to his lawyer Smita, even though in the book, the actions of Smita are not really shown, or described at that time. I am happy that Ram is proven innocent when accused guilty of cheating in a quiz show because it would really suck if he was found guilty. I also find it funny because in the epilogue of the book, it turns out that Smita is Gudiya and that Ram had always been flipping a rigged coin, where both sides had heads on it. It is also nice to know that Ram didn't rely on luck because of the two sided coin.
Monday, December 20, 2010
Monday, December 13, 2010
Q&A pages 164-225
Summary
In these 61 pages of Q&A by Vikas Swarup, Ram Mohammad Thomas answers the question about who created the revolver. His answer was Samuel Colt, which was correct, and for getting the right answer, he won 2 lahk Rupees. 2 Lahk rupees would be 200,000 rupees. In the next chapter, the question is about the highest award for gallantry given to Indian armed forces. His choice was Param Vir Chakra. After having to answer these questions, he is asked if he was guessing, or just wants to quit. But in the end, he didn't need to because he answered the question correctly.
Quote
"we stare opaquely at the dead man's body and nod, in fear and sorrow and guilt, as a liquid understanding spreads slowly through our numbed minds" (Swarup 190).
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For this passage, i expected no less of Ram to answer the questions he was given, correctly. i also think that Ram is lucky that he was able to learn about the subjects of the questions. Otherwise he would've lost all the money he earned and the book probably would've never started. But anyways, I'm glad that he was able to answer the questions correctly, thanks to his past experiences.
In these 61 pages of Q&A by Vikas Swarup, Ram Mohammad Thomas answers the question about who created the revolver. His answer was Samuel Colt, which was correct, and for getting the right answer, he won 2 lahk Rupees. 2 Lahk rupees would be 200,000 rupees. In the next chapter, the question is about the highest award for gallantry given to Indian armed forces. His choice was Param Vir Chakra. After having to answer these questions, he is asked if he was guessing, or just wants to quit. But in the end, he didn't need to because he answered the question correctly.
Quote
"we stare opaquely at the dead man's body and nod, in fear and sorrow and guilt, as a liquid understanding spreads slowly through our numbed minds" (Swarup 190).
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For this passage, i expected no less of Ram to answer the questions he was given, correctly. i also think that Ram is lucky that he was able to learn about the subjects of the questions. Otherwise he would've lost all the money he earned and the book probably would've never started. But anyways, I'm glad that he was able to answer the questions correctly, thanks to his past experiences.
Monday, December 6, 2010
Q&A pages 103-163
Summary
In this next passage, Ram answers the next question for 50,000 rupees , when the question is about when the government declares a foriegn diplomat persona non grata, where it means that the diplomat is not acceptable. For his back story, he starts out where they meet Colonel Charles Taylor who is giving an introduction to people. Ram is living with Colonel Taylor's family, and he is the last one around other than the family. He starts to know what a persona non grata is when Colonel declared it and asked to leav within 48 hours. He leaves the Taylor family at the end of the chapter, beleiving that they would end up crazy.
Quote
"Is that a guess? Remember, you stand to lose the ten thousand rupees you've already won if you give the wrong answer. So if you want, you can quit right now." (Swarup 128)
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For this passage, I found it funny how he thinks that the Taylor family will end up crazy how he says that the son behaves like a whacker and that the mom will be apples with the government around. For the quote, it sounds both racist and protective because he believes Ram will not get the answer right, but also doesnt want Ram to lose all the money that he's earned by choosing the correct answer. But in the end of this question, I would personally say, "in your face" to the Quiz show man.
In this next passage, Ram answers the next question for 50,000 rupees , when the question is about when the government declares a foriegn diplomat persona non grata, where it means that the diplomat is not acceptable. For his back story, he starts out where they meet Colonel Charles Taylor who is giving an introduction to people. Ram is living with Colonel Taylor's family, and he is the last one around other than the family. He starts to know what a persona non grata is when Colonel declared it and asked to leav within 48 hours. He leaves the Taylor family at the end of the chapter, beleiving that they would end up crazy.
Quote
"Is that a guess? Remember, you stand to lose the ten thousand rupees you've already won if you give the wrong answer. So if you want, you can quit right now." (Swarup 128)
Reaction
For this passage, I found it funny how he thinks that the Taylor family will end up crazy how he says that the son behaves like a whacker and that the mom will be apples with the government around. For the quote, it sounds both racist and protective because he believes Ram will not get the answer right, but also doesnt want Ram to lose all the money that he's earned by choosing the correct answer. But in the end of this question, I would personally say, "in your face" to the Quiz show man.
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