Slumdog millionaire (pgs 1-60)

Summary: The book I chose for Term 3 ROAR is Slumdog Millionaire by Vikas Swarup. So far I have been able to understand the gist of the book. I also have been able to see that this book will have an interesting resolution if what happens in these first 60 pages continues to go on throughout the book. The main point of this book is that a character named Ram Mohammad Thomas is accused of answering all 12 questions correctly on W3B (Who Will Win a Billion). The reason he is being accused of this is because the show has not aired on TV in a large number of places and therefore, people are suspicious. Ram lives in a town called Dharavi and Dharavi is a place where the police are always lurking. Ram is also an orphan who lives with two priests. So basically what happens in these 60 pages is that Ram got accused, arrested, and interrogated for winning the 1 billion dollar prize on W3B. He ends up not getting the 1 billion dollars but now the book has him living with two priests and so far, it seems pretty interesting.


Quote: "The Brain is not an organ we are authorized to use. We are supposed to use only our hands and legs" (Swarup 2).


Reaction: My interpretation of this quote is that Ram believes that we should not be allowed to use our brains. I disagree with that because knowing how to do things require using our brains. You literally can not do anything if you don't use your brain. Your brain is arguably the most important organ in your body so therefore, we should indeed be authorized to use our brain, and we can use our hands and legs too.