S. NAIPAUL’S MIGUEL STREET What is the role of the creative artist in countries such as ours? Novelist V.S Naipaul raises this question in the story of B. Wordsworth‚ one of the stories in Miguel Street‚ a 1959 book of Trini characters. "Trinidadians are more recognizably ’characters’ than people in England"‚ said Naipaul in an August ‚1958 piece in the Times Literary Supplement. The "characters" in Miguel Street’s portrait gallery include "Man Man" and "Bolo"‚ both of whom are
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accompany his governmental employer although he was thrilled and enthusiastic when he was told about this invitation. He was more excited especially in his conversation with the tailor’s bearer when he said ‘‘it pleased me that he was jealous ’’ (Naipaul‚ 2008); he thought his
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her into another one‚ could lead to a state of frustration and pain resulted from the clash of values that attacks him or her entity and social status. Such impacts of the cultural encounter are revealed in the short story “One out of Many” by V.S. Naipaul. Naipaul’s short story shows a clear notion of the cultural encounter. It is a story about an Indian who left his country and went to the United States of America; specifically to Washington. From this point‚ the
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Sir V.S. Naipaul is a Trinidadian writer of Indian descent. Very famous for his novels. His novels‚ reached to developing countries .He received the Nobel Prize in 2001 for Half a Life‚ a story about an Indian immigrant to England and Africa. One of his stories too is One Out Of Many. This short story talks about the live of Santosh. Who moved to Washington to follow his employer who is an Indian cook employed by a Washington government‚ when Santosh moved he saw many stranger things. In addition
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17 April 2013 V.S. Naipaul The Effect of Colonialism in V.S Naipaul’s Miguel Street “The man is so colonized that he abandons his native Trinidadian identity” (Beck‚ 2002). Although pertaining to the character B. Wordsworth‚ in V.S. Naipaul’s Miguel Street‚ this quote can be used to describe the very meaning of the book itself. It can be used to provide a clear picture of what was happening in British occupied Trinidad. Other characters such as George‚ a raging drunk who beat his wife and children
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N i r a d C . C h a u d h u r i ’ s A Passage to E n g l a n d and V . S. Naipaul’s A n A r e a of Darkness A L A S TAIR I NIVEN N 1955 N i r a d C h a u d h u r i made his first v i s i t outside India and i n 1962 V . S. N a i p a u l went to I n d i a for the first t i m e . B o t h men were established w r i t e r s ‚ practiced i n h u m a n observation and yet possessing an innately p a t r i c i a n sense of t h e i r o w n d i s t i n c t i o n . I n v i e w i n g t h e i r o w n societies
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Description/Synopsis: Sir Vidiadhar Surajprasad “V.S.” Naipaul was born in Trinidad on 17th August 1932‚ the descendant of indentured labourers shipped from India‚ this dispossessed child of the Raj has come on a long and marvellous journey. His upbringing familiarised him with every sort of deprivation‚ material and cultural. A scholarship to Oxford brought him to this country. Nothing sustained him afterwards except the determination‚ often close to despair‚ to become a writer. Against all likelihood
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V. S. Naipaul Presentation Reflection One of my contributions to our V. S. Naipaul presentation was the explanation of Naipaul’s past and how it impacted the writing he would later produce. This is significant‚ as the themes of alienation‚ deprivation and colonialism found in One Out of Many stem from his early life in Trinidad‚ his relationships and his travels abroad. Naipaul felt estranged in his native Trinidad‚ as he abandoned the Hindu beliefs of his ancestors for agnosticism. Additionally
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Liking Is for Cowards. Go for What Hurts “Liking Is for Cowards. Go for What Hurts” is an essay by Jonathan Franzen. It is based on his speech at Kenyon College‚ Ohio‚ USA. And the essay was published in The New York Times‚ May‚ 2011. “Liking Is for Cowards. Go for What Hurts” deals with the differences between peoples care and love for consumer technology and real life‚ such as love and nature. Jonathan Franzen starts by talking about his relationship to his smartphone. He is impressed how
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Jonathan Franzen wrote the article‚ “Liking is for Cowards. Go for what Hurts.” This article caused extreme interest and controversy by the topic of his argument. The purpose of Franzen writing the article was to challenge us to get back to the true meaning of love and not being so terrified of rejection. He feels that we had become too comfortable just liking what people expect us to and have lost the real understanding of the word love. Franzen stated‚ “If you dedicate your existence to being likable
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