![]() ![]() ![]() Balram appears to be a product of his psychic history that begins with his childhood experiences. The research aims to elaborate Balram’s character development in the light of Fears and Defense Mechanism posited in Lois Tyson’s Theory of Psychoanalysis which focuses attention on psychological complications as disorders or dysfunctions and employs the Freudian term Defense Mechanism for human efforts, predominantly unconscious, to cope with suppressed desires. “The White Tiger” is the story of a character named Balram Halwai whose life, in the backdrop of the present-day Indian social context, is a struggle from rags to riches as a self-made entrepreneur. ![]() This article scrutinizes the novel “The White Tiger” penned by the Indian novelist Aravind Adiga, in the light of psychoanalytical theory. ![]()
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