Chapter 7. part.1 "the sixth night"

Chapter 7. 

Page. 192-219

The sixth night


Summary:

„ the dreams of the rich and the dreams of the poor never overlap, do they?”

That’s how the 7th chapter starts off. 

The chapter mainly deals with Balrams hate for the riches and how his will to break out of the rooster developed more and more.

Balram remembers.
He showed vitiligo-lips the strand of the gold hair he found in the car. Balram asked him how much a girl like that costs.
The other driver thought Balram asked because his master wanted a blond girl. But Balram called himself his "own master".
Balram cheated on his master. He siphoned his petrol,He took his car to corrupt mechanic who billed him for work that was not necessary, and he picked up some paying customers.

After Balram got all the money he needed for a blond woman. 
He asked another driver to help him. He paid for a “gold-haired” woman and he got a girl with dyed blond hair.
He wanted his money back so he got into a fight with the procurer.

When he got back to his room Mr.Ashok was already waiting for him. The other driver told him that Balram went to a temple to say some prayers.
Mr. Ashok recognized the shape of Balrams room. He felt guilty and wanted Balram to get him something to eat. Something only poor people eat.

The Mongoose came back to Delhi. He told Mr.Ashok about the ministers demands for more money.
The Mongoose handed him a bag. He was supposed to use the bag everytime he handed over the money.
Balram hammered out a plan. He thought off killing Mr.Ashok, stealing the bag and leave.

At this point of the story he was still in an innerconflict. To risk a life in prison and maybe be lucky and break out off the coop or staying a driver until there is no more need for him .

One night he went to the secondhand book market of Darya Ganj.
He looked through some books and a Muslim red a poem to him.

“ you were looking for the key for years/ But the door was always open”

That poem sticked with Balram.
Balram felt guilty about his plan.

 Personal Part: 


You were looking for the keys for years/but the door was always open

That saying didn’t just stick with Balram it also sticked with me. It made me think about life and all the opportunities we have and the ones we simply don’t take.

There are so many chances in life and it’s a pity to see how we let those chances go.
Chances like education and achieving something in life, to be in love with someone who doesn’t love you in return and not seeing how other doors open. Sometimes the solution is right in front of us but we don’t see it because we’re looking for other ways and don’t just try the one which lays right in front of us. 

People think if you want to achieve something in life you have to have a great idea or a lot of luck but all you need is an education and you have to study hard and you can become whatever you want to be.
The door is open for everybody you just have to try.

Some people who are in love with someone who doesn’t love them in return think making him/her love me is going to be the key to be happy but if you just let go and look ahead you’ll see the door to happiness was always open.

Links:
These are two articels about the key to happiness


http://www.geometricvisions.com/writing/key-to-happiness/

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,186216,00.html