Teacher Guide

The White Tiger Lesson Plan

Relationship to Other Books

For more novels by Aravind Adiga, please see: Between the Assassinations (2008); Last Man in Tower (2011); Selection Day (2016); and Amnesty (2020).

For other twentieth-century and contemporary novels by Indian authors, see: The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri; The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy; Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie; and Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai.

Nonfiction accounts of India's changing economy include: In Spite of the Gods by Edward Luce; The Elephant and the Dragon by Robyn Meredith; and Planet India by Mira Kamdar.

Aravind Adiga has said he was inspired by the works of Black American authors Ralph Ellison, Richard Wright, and James Baldwin. In...

Join Now to View Premium Content

GradeSaver provides access to 2360 study guide PDFs and quizzes, 11007 literature essays, 2767 sample college application essays, 926 lesson plans, and ad-free surfing in this premium content, “Members Only” section of the site! Membership includes a 10% discount on all editing orders.

Join Now

Already a member? Log in