People are so much more than that, and it is so much more complicated understanding their experiences, the circumstances behind their beliefs, and how their character has developed and changed through the years. However, one must also actively question why each emotion is tied to a certain connotation of either negative or positive-- why is it that each person is required to feel happy and grateful to their family for having raised them, when the person certainly was not given the choice of being born? It is true that family raises the children with high expectations, but when there are choices made not thinking about the child, these can sometimes prove to be toxic and hurtful to their development. Balram’s struggle to find an answer to his question is shown throughout the novel in his actions as he himself attempts to discover an answer to his
People are so much more than that, and it is so much more complicated understanding their experiences, the circumstances behind their beliefs, and how their character has developed and changed through the years. However, one must also actively question why each emotion is tied to a certain connotation of either negative or positive-- why is it that each person is required to feel happy and grateful to their family for having raised them, when the person certainly was not given the choice of being born? It is true that family raises the children with high expectations, but when there are choices made not thinking about the child, these can sometimes prove to be toxic and hurtful to their development. Balram’s struggle to find an answer to his question is shown throughout the novel in his actions as he himself attempts to discover an answer to his