Said tells us that wherever there is dominance, there is also resistance. By resistance, Said means an orientation of the mind or body that pushes against the act of domination. In the novel, as far as I have read, Bakha, the protagonist, attempts to resist the domination of the Hindu power by dressing like the Tommies, the British soldiers that occupy India. By attempting to dress like the British, another dominant force in India at the time, Bakha represses the fact that he is an Untouchable. He attempts to resist the dominant Hindu religion that oppresses him daily by embodying what he believes represents the British culture.
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