The hero of Shantaram, narrator Linbaba, gets into lots of pickles in his international fugitive story. Almost all of them involve some kind of betrayal or other. Whether he's being thrown into jail because of a friend's setting a trap for him, or finding out that the love of his life has hooked up with pretty much all of his friends, betrayal is always in the back of his mind. While he's always searching for someone to trust, it seems that it's not easy to do so with a bunch of traitors stepping on his style.
Questions About Betrayal
- What are the clues (a.k.a. foreshadowing) that Lin's beloved new friends are actually using him?
- Lin feels betrayed by most of the people he loves in the novel, but are there any characters that don't betray him? Does he betray anyone?
- Why doesn't Lin take revenge on the ones who betray him?
Chew on This
Try on an opinion or two, start a debate, or play the devil’s advocate.
The novel Shantaram shows that the only way past a betrayal is through forgiveness.
We hate to break it to you but, in Shantaram, lovers and family are traitors in the end. Only friends remain true.