In addition to this, the writer uses the themes of Light and Darkness to represent the moral aspect of India and the inner workings of Balram's mind. He shows that as Balram progresses towards the Light, his morals become twisted and warped. He begins to see himself as the devil, defying the Rooster Coop. However, conventional views of the devil are dark, as opposed to light. Further emphasizing this, we see that the only way to get from the Darkness to the Light is, for Balram, to kill his master. This is an extremely immoral decision on his part, and truly goes to show how distorted the idea of the Light and its morals are. Another such example is that in which his drunk masters run over a child, and yet he is forced into appropriating the blame by those who were in the Light. The whole book is full of similar examples where we see the immorality of those who either are, or strive to be, in the Light, as Adiga shows that in India, there can only be so many powerful people.
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