• Dr. Zia Ahmed

  Author

• Rabia Rafique

  Author

This article attempts to explore the use of animal imagery Adiga’s novel
“The White Tiger” in the context of Post modernism. English literature is replete with
the images of animals which have been used by the writers as symbols in order to
represent nature and human life. These images are both vicious as well as benevolent
which help the writer convey their point of implicitly as well as explicitly. Adiga’s
novel portrays images to convey the carnivorous side of human psyche which attempt
to destroy every obstruction of the way to gain what is hankered after, especially as a
postmodern man. These images range from tiger to black crows and buffalos and
Boars to describe the devouring nature of postmodern man. These images change
their shape and kind as soon as the action of the novel proceeds or the psyche of the
hero changesThe images of in the novel are analysed and interpreted to deconstruct
their use.

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