Money and power defines society. Katherine Boo’s Behind the Beautiful Forever’s takes place in the slums of Annawandi, India. The setting is particularly important because it focuses on the people who are controlled by power and wealth. There are defiantly positive and negative impacts to capitalist globalization throughout the book. Although the book is up to interpretation, the main argument in Behind the beautiful Forever’s is that capitalist globalization has a positive impact on India’s lower class. This paper will have two parts, the first part focusing on the positive impact of capitalist globalization on Abduls life and which chapter properly states the positive impact. Abdul’s life has had a positive impact from capitalist globalization, because he worked hard and was able to save enough money for him and his family to move out of the slums.
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Chapter six shows us that Abdul and his family was able to gain enough money to move out of the slums. It also shows us that Abdul and his family are able to employee help in order to improve their new home.
Addressing the counter argument of how capitalist globalization has a negative impact on people’s lives allow for better understanding of the main argument that’s present. Asha is a prime example for someone who’s life was negatively impacted by capitalist globalization.
Asha is a teacher who has invested herself heavily in politics. She wants to represent the shiv sena party. She is a cunning and cold-hearted. Asha has a daughter, Manju. Asha wants to arrange a marriage for Manju, so Asha can benefit from the marriage. She is willing to sleep with men, using money as a persuasion tool and engaging in other illegal or corrupt practices to gain power. She eventually gains the power in which she seeks, but relinquishes her power to partake in fraud involving the department of