Slumdog Millionaire
General information:
Title: Slumdog Millionaire (Q&A)
Author: Vikas Swarup
Year: 2005
Summary:
Ram Mohammed Thomas is at the police station, being questioned because he won a billion
rupees in a quiz show. Not very ordinary for a Slumdog. The police suspects him for cheating
in the show. After a lot of tortures, a friendly police-assistant called Smita, asks him to tell
her how he knew the answers. Ram tells her his whole life-story.
Ram Mohammed Thomas was born in the Slums of India. His mother left him after he was
born, and he was found in a bin. At first he was placed at Father Timothy, a parish priest.
Father Timothy learned him to speak English and gave him a lot of (religious) knowledge.
After an incident with another fake priest, Father Timothy dies and Ram has to find a place
somewhere else.
At one moment, he lives in a chawl together with Salim. When he gets new neighbours,
family Bapat, the father of the family does not allow him to speak to his daughter, his wife or
to him. The father is a scientist, specialized in Astronomy. But he is an alcoholic as well, and
starts beating his wife and daughter Gudiya. Ram can hear all this through the thin walls, and
feels really sorry for Gudiya. He speaks with her through a hole in the wall, holds her hand.
He feels like he is her brother. Ram says he will find a solution for all this. At one night, when
Mr. Bapat is really drunk again, he throws hot tea in Gudiya’s face and she has to go to the
hospital. One week later, Ram pushes him off the stairs. Mr. Bapat is dead. Ram has to flee
again. But because of the astronomical knowledge of Mr. Bapat, Ram knows the smallest
planet in our universe: Pluto. An answer at a question in the quiz show.
He is picked up in a house with a lot of other kids. Because he is a really good English
speaker, he won’t ever be raped like the other children in the house. Once at a time, an
inspector comes across to pick up children to give them a better future. Salim is chosen
because of his good looks, but the housefather wants the inspector to also take Ram, luckily
enough. The move to the house of the inspector. There only are blind kids, or kids with one
General information:
Title: Slumdog Millionaire (Q&A)
Author: Vikas Swarup
Year: 2005
Summary:
Ram Mohammed Thomas is at the police station, being questioned because he won a billion
rupees in a quiz show. Not very ordinary for a Slumdog. The police suspects him for cheating
in the show. After a lot of tortures, a friendly police-assistant called Smita, asks him to tell
her how he knew the answers. Ram tells her his whole life-story.
Ram Mohammed Thomas was born in the Slums of India. His mother left him after he was
born, and he was found in a bin. At first he was placed at Father Timothy, a parish priest.
Father Timothy learned him to speak English and gave him a lot of (religious) knowledge.
After an incident with another fake priest, Father Timothy dies and Ram has to find a place
somewhere else.
At one moment, he lives in a chawl together with Salim. When he gets new neighbours,
family Bapat, the father of the family does not allow him to speak to his daughter, his wife or
to him. The father is a scientist, specialized in Astronomy. But he is an alcoholic as well, and
starts beating his wife and daughter Gudiya. Ram can hear all this through the thin walls, and
feels really sorry for Gudiya. He speaks with her through a hole in the wall, holds her hand.
He feels like he is her brother. Ram says he will find a solution for all this. At one night, when
Mr. Bapat is really drunk again, he throws hot tea in Gudiya’s face and she has to go to the
hospital. One week later, Ram pushes him off the stairs. Mr. Bapat is dead. Ram has to flee
again. But because of the astronomical knowledge of Mr. Bapat, Ram knows the smallest
planet in our universe: Pluto. An answer at a question in the quiz show.
He is picked up in a house with a lot of other kids. Because he is a really good English
speaker, he won’t ever be raped like the other children in the house. Once at a time, an
inspector comes across to pick up children to give them a better future. Salim is chosen
because of his good looks, but the housefather wants the inspector to also take Ram, luckily
enough. The move to the house of the inspector. There only are blind kids, or kids with one
