In The White Tiger Aravind Adiga pictures India as of nearly feudal society disguised in democracy. The country might have gained its independence from the British at the end of the 1940’s, but the majority of the people in India are still trapped in servitude. The White Tiger is a depiction of the social and economic inequalities of contemporary India. On the whole it is a penetrating piece of social commentary, attuned to the dissimilarities that persist despite India’s new prosperity. Though the ending is not a perfectly happy ending, it seems hopeful. Balram makes it out of poverty. But he does not become desensitized and distanced from where he came from. This allows him to act morally more often.