Balram's Death At The Black Fort Essay

Balram's Death At The Black Fort Essay

Balram's recollection of his experiences at the Black Fort shows that he is developing individuality by ignoring the expectations set upon people from the darkness. On the hill above Laxmangarh there is an abandoned fort that no one ever goes to. One day Balram decides to climb up to the Black Fort. Afterward, Balram recounts this incident to the Premier of China. Balram recalls, "I think of a little black figure in a wet khaki uniform who is climbing up the entranceway to a black fort. There he stands now, one foot on the ramparts of the Black Fort, surrounded by a group of amazed monkeys." In this quote Balram is described as a "little black figure" as he is climbing to the fort. A figure is not fully a person, and is only a silhouette. This is not something that most people from the darkness do, so Balram is ignoring the unspoken "rules" of darkness and light. ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ...Furthermore, in his anger, Balram envisions himself speaking to to God at the Black Fort, and spitting at him because he does not like that way God created the world. Balram describes, "I see this small black man in a wet khaki uniform start to shake, as if he has gone mad with anger, before delivering to the Almighty a gesture of thanks for having created the world this particular way, instead of all of the other ways it could have been created. I see the little man in the khaki uniform spitting at God again and again." Here, Balram is described as a man, instead of a figure as he was in the earlier quote. Now that Balram is a man he can stand up for himself and have his own thoughts and opinions. Becoming an individual also allows him to stand up for himself because now he is not just a standard person from the darkness. Balram proves that he can stand up for himself by spitting at God for creating a world were Balram's fate is to be a

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