Aravind AdigaYou ask 'Are you a man or a demon?' Neither, I say. I have woken up, and the rest of you are sleeping, and that is the only difference between us.
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In the poem, “The Man Who Cried Wolf”, there is a statement made by the character who is then proven to be a liar. He claims that he was going to come back then shouts that he really is a wolf. He brings down the morale of the village by his actions and is then proven to be a liar.
Source: The White Tiger
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