Displacement and Alienation in Manju Kapur’s “the Immigrant”
V. Jayajothilakshmi1, R. Kannan2
1Ms. V. Jayajothilakahmi, Department of English, Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Education College, Krishnankoil (Tamil Nadu), India.
2Dr. R. Kannan, Department of English, Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Education College, Krishnankoil (Tamil Nadu), India.
Manuscript received on 06 January 2020 | Revised Manuscript received on 28 January 2020 | Manuscript Published on 04 February 2020 | PP: 77-80 | Volume-8 Issue-4S4 December 2019 | Retrieval Number: D10281284S419/2019©BEIESP | DOI: 10.35940/ijrte.D1028.1284S419
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Abstract: All the creatures in this world are living together with the particular community where they belong. A sudden change in the belongingness or nation leads to many sufferings mentally. The moment a person thinks he is different or inferior to others the world becomes new for him. That newness makes him/her feel alienated. The feel of alienation brings depression, nostalgia and loneliness to that person. The displacement of a person gives him/her so many life experiences, and at the same time lack of integration. Loneliness gives a peculiar new world, in which the alienated person longs for the past days, their family, friends, etc. whom they want to be with forever. Manju Kapur, in her novel “The Immigrant” presents this theme through her major characters. It reveals the mindset of the victims which is the illustration of many people in the world. This paper is an attempt to highlight the portrayal of lifelike characters reflecting a sense of alienation.
Keywords: Alienation, Depression, Displacement, Loneliness, Nostalgia, Peculiar.
Scope of the Article: Social Sciences