Balram attributes this to corruption within the government, which allows his government facilities to fail to function, causing the death of his father. The death of her father pains her but for all the other members of her family, she considers it an almost normal event. To avoid empathy, Balram hides behind euphemisms to describe acts that would require real connection to be worthwhile. Having been hurt before, he does not want to be hurt again, which influences his opinions; and even the description of his life in India, when he compares his life to darkness and what he aspires to be – light – is an understatement based on how he must be connected to others. In the darkness, Balram's family must work together to survive – something that requires trust; who has been absent all of Balram's life. The government is corrupt, the police have been bribed, hospitals don't help people and schools don't teach anything, all because of the light. Light corrupts darkness (how ironic) and as a result the world Balram is a part of is corrupted, only because of those who rule it. Those who live in the light do not allow all those who live in darkness to rise and become better. Balram never trusts his master: constantly believing that he would be replaced. To be able to see the world from a different perspective, you must understand it; and this requires