untouchable

During lecture i thought it was interesting how the teacher pointed out how the simple acts if everyday living becomes dangerous for Bakha and his family. In the scene were Bakha goes into the temple during service, he is even discriminated against making it seem as though following God would lead to danger and humility. Through various scenes in the novel there is this fear that Bakha and his family carry, the fear of defiling the upper caste and the fear of being put into a dangerous and sometimes manipulative situation. It is like the people of the low caste are in this fear-based box, were their freedom is limited. Where fear cannot catch Bakha is where he finds his freedom.