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Quote #4
Whenever he spied men and women strolling on the road, he sounded the horn to draw their attention, gesticulated with his thumb to indicate the foreigner in the rear of the bus, and slowed to a crawl, so that each pedestrian could examine me with satisfactory thoroughness. (1.5.156)
Lin's exile in India isn't so noticeable when he's in the gigantic, cosmopolitan city of Bombay. But when he goes out into the countryside to visit Prabaker's village it's harder for him to blend in. He sticks out like a sore thumb, and becomes a tourist attraction in his new homeland.
Quote #5
As I walked along the narrow rag-and-plastic lanes of the slum, word spread that the foreigner was on his way. (1.8.56)
When Lin moves into the slum, it's like an exile within an exile. Not only is he unable to return to his native country of Australia because of the prison sentence awaiting him there, but also, when he loses his money, he's unable to pay his way in the expat scene in Bombay. He is exiled to the impoverished slum, where he must once again try to make a home for himself.
Quote #6
Look at the big, strong foreigner, saving himself, and running away from the fire, while our men run towards it… (1.8.77)
On Lin's first day in the slum it is engulfed in flames. He still hasn't settled in or made friends. He's still an exile, and it would be easy for him to just bail. But he imagines the opinions of the slum-dwellers and, in that moment, joins them. It's like he's shaking off his exiled nature and joining a community.