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Alienation and Struggle for Existence in "a House for MR. Biswas" and "the White Tiger" by Aravind Adiga.

Husnain Khurshid Gill, Prof. Dr. Abdul Ghafoor Awan

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Volume 5, Issue 3
Year
2019
Pages
583–607

Abstract

The objectives of this study to investigated two post-colonial issues "Alienation and the Struggle for Existence" in two popular novels, "A House for Mr. Biswas" and the other "The White Tiger". This is a qualitative research involves closed textual and contextual analysis of these two novels. The characters in these two novels are facing alienation and are struggling to exist in the hostile post- colonial, capitalized and globalized world. Characters are concerned to strengthen their existence to ensure a more secure future. The protagonist of these two novels are icons of alienation Mr. Biswas a geographically, socially, psychologically alienated individual and Balram is normlessness, socially, psychologically, alienated and is suppressed by postcolonial capitalist social bawds. Both the protagonists struggle for existence in this world, in spite of all hardships. They never derailed from their struggle of existence and finally they ensure their existence in this hostile world.

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Vol 5 - No. 3 (July - Sept, 2019)

Volume 5, Issue 3 · 10 articles · published 2019

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Husnain Khurshid Gill, Prof. Dr. Abdul Ghafoor Awan (2019). Alienation and Struggle for Existence in "a House for MR. Biswas" and "the White Tiger" by Aravind Adiga.. Global Journal of Management, Social Sciences and Humanities, 5(3), 583-607. https://gjmsweb.com/article/alienation-and-struggle-for-existence-in-a-house-for-mr-biswas-and-the-white-tig-adbe732.html

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