Slumdog Millionairre

SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
BY Vikas Swarup

a Book Report

Submitted by:
NOBLE, Eric Joseph D.
Year Level and Section:
II – Ephesians
Submitted to:
Teacher Suzanne Madelaine A. Malayang
Date of Submission:
7 August 2009
    I. SYNOPSIS:
          A young man named Ram Mohammed Thomas, a penniless waiter, was arrested by the police after a winning in a game show called “Who Will Win a Billion?” The producers of the game show did not have enough prize money and they highly doubted that Ram won fair and square. The police subjected him to torture to make him declare that he cheated. But, Ram did not do anything wrong so, he could not be forced to confess that he cheated. In perfect timing, a woman named Smita Shah arrived at the scene and claimed that she is Ram’s lawyer. (Smita turned out to be a lady that Ram helped in before; although, he could not recall it anymore).   She took him to his residence where he explained how he got the answers correct at the game show.   They were all part of his experience in life.
          After he was abandoned by her mother and left in a bin outside St. Joseph Catholic Church, a priest named Timothy found and raised Ram. Father Timothy soon died because of another priest. Growing up, he met Salim Ilyasi in a juvenile shelter and they soon became best friends. Syndicates abducted them but they soon escaped and were taken in by Neelima Kumari, an actress. After Neelima died, they were forced to work for themselves and lived in a chawl.   Later on, Ram left Salim after he murdered a man. But when he had the chance to see Salim again, with his 50,000 rupees, he unfortunately met a gang who took his money.   He accidentally killed a dacoit from among them and it hampered his motive to see Salim.
          Ram changed his decision and went to Agra instead.   He took a role as an illegal tour guide of the spectacular Taj Mahal to earn money. There, he met and became attracted to Nita, a prostitute. Unfortunately, Nita’s brother...