The unfathomable depths of corruption in Annawadi Jia En Wang 11th Grade

In Katherine Boo’s Behind the Beautiful Forevers, Boo employs the themes of corrupt law enforcement and false hope to signify that Annawadians are doomed to escape their lot in life due to the ‘uneven’ land on which their entire community lies. These themes are the ‘uneven land’ on which the Annawadians will never be able to escape from and are forever chained under tenuous change and improvement. As a result of this ‘uneven’ land, the Annawadians are restricted to a life of impoverishment, neglect and primitive survival.

The most momentous of themes that Boo uses to convey as a part of ‘uneven’ land is corruption. Corruption is by far the number one cause of this ‘uneven’ land in the fact that it seeps through every part of Annawadi’s society. From corrupt political leaders to corrupt charity organizations, this is only scratching the surface. A great example of this corruption negatively affecting the residents of Annawadians would be the law enforcement. The police force of Annawadi is a strong instigator of the ‘uneven’ land Annawadians are standing on since for the police, everything can be resolved as long as money is involved. While Abdul and Karam were incarcerated, the police officers constantly manipulated both of...