I am his freedom. Globalization has brought with it hotel chains and international airports, and these industries focus solely on profit. The people of Annawadi do not benefit from globalization; these industries want to remove Annawadi (not giving them a place to live) to expand their land and increase profits "securing the airport perimeter was one of the reasons for reclaiming the land for about nine... could be developed vertically with huge profits” (Boo, 2012 , p. 38). Globalization leads to lower product prices because other countries are able to produce the same thing at a lower cost, which reduces their ability to maintain social welfare. Globalization leads to higher levels of travellers, but this can cause negative effects on a country like India because these travelers can introduce new diseases where they do not have the resources to treat or contain the disease leading to widespread spread of death and disease . The second theme, individual agency, is used in the novel by Annawadi residents who are unable to act independently and make their own choices for their lives. This theme is seen in Asha's life where she sleeps with police officials to profit from illegal frauds, who in return gain income that allows her daughter to attend college and maintain power in their village. If Asha had the opportunity to work in a job that did not extort sexual acts that lead to income, then she would be able to maintain a healthier family life. Annawadi social structures limit individual action by not allowing Annawadi residents to collect garbage, taking away their freedom and limiting them to only certain parts of India to collect garbage, resulting in selling stolen goods for profit , which in turn leads to extreme police brutality. and dishonor on their surname. The Indian government even takes away the right to vote from the poor, which is the only thing that binds them to be considered equal to other Indian citizens and a way to make their voices and concerns heard. Institutional corruption impacts the lives of individuals because in most cases the amount of money you pay to the police will help determine whether you are "guilty" or not. The idea was to get the terrified prisoners to pay everything they had and everything they could get from a loan shark, to prevent a false criminal charge from being registered' (Boo, 2012, p.76). For example, using the characters Karam and Abdul, if they were to be tried as guilty they would go to prison and be unable to provide for their family leaving them without food and other basic necessities that the people of Annawadi Barley have. The fear of being beaten and being jailed for crimes people did not commit can put someone's life at risk in Annawadi. In chapter ten Sunil finds a street cleaner with a wound on the ground and does not stop to help for fear of police brutality which results in the man's death. Abdul does not resist a man who unprovokedly punches him in the chest out of fear of police brutality and out of fear of being arrested again, even though this concept would be seen as self-defense (to some extent) in the Canadian justice system. The corporate policing system in India has taken away a valuable source of income due to the death of one of the sweepers who was ill and believed to have died of tuberculosis. The police have ruled that no slum boy can go to the airport to collect garbage and, if he does, he will be charged for Kalu's death. “They were beaten in the name of an investigation and released with the understanding that if they were not.

Topic > I am his freedom. Globalization has brought with it hotel chains and international airports, and these industries focus solely on profit. The people of Annawadi do not benefit from globalization; these industries want to remove Annawadi (not giving them a place to live) to expand their land and increase profits "securing the airport perimeter was one of the reasons for reclaiming the land for about nine... could be developed vertically with huge profits” (Boo, 2012 , p. 38). Globalization leads to lower product prices because other countries are able to produce the same thing at a lower cost, which reduces their ability to maintain social welfare. Globalization leads to higher levels of travellers, but this can cause negative effects on a country like India because these travelers can introduce new diseases where they do not have the resources to treat or contain the disease leading to widespread spread of death and disease . The second theme, individual agency, is used in the novel by Annawadi residents who are unable to act independently and make their own choices for their lives. This theme is seen in Asha's life where she sleeps with police officials to profit from illegal frauds, who in return gain income that allows her daughter to attend college and maintain power in their village. If Asha had the opportunity to work in a job that did not extort sexual acts that lead to income, then she would be able to maintain a healthier family life. Annawadi social structures limit individual action by not allowing Annawadi residents to collect garbage, taking away their freedom and limiting them to only certain parts of India to collect garbage, resulting in selling stolen goods for profit , which in turn leads to extreme police brutality. and dishonor on their surname. The Indian government even takes away the right to vote from the poor, which is the only thing that binds them to be considered equal to other Indian citizens and a way to make their voices and concerns heard. Institutional corruption impacts the lives of individuals because in most cases the amount of money you pay to the police will help determine whether you are "guilty" or not. The idea was to get the terrified prisoners to pay everything they had and everything they could get from a loan shark, to prevent a false criminal charge from being registered' (Boo, 2012, p.76). For example, using the characters Karam and Abdul, if they were to be tried as guilty they would go to prison and be unable to provide for their family leaving them without food and other basic necessities that the people of Annawadi Barley have. The fear of being beaten and being jailed for crimes people did not commit can put someone's life at risk in Annawadi. In chapter ten Sunil finds a street cleaner with a wound on the ground and does not stop to help for fear of police brutality which results in the man's death. Abdul does not resist a man who unprovokedly punches him in the chest out of fear of police brutality and out of fear of being arrested again, even though this concept would be seen as self-defense (to some extent) in the Canadian justice system. The corporate policing system in India has taken away a valuable source of income due to the death of one of the sweepers who was ill and believed to have died of tuberculosis. The police have ruled that no slum boy can go to the airport to collect garbage and, if he does, he will be charged for Kalu's death. “They were beaten in the name of an investigation and released with the understanding that if they were not.