Galahad's Use Of The Internal Monologue In The Lonely Londoners

In Selvon’s novel, the voice of the extradiegetic narrator and the intradiegetic characters belong to Bahktin’s identification of the centripetal manner of language use. When Galahad exclaims in the novel “Is English We Speaking”, he is proclaiming his recognizable identity through his use and manipulation of Standard English grammar. Is recognized as well the historical legacy of colonial exploitation, and the consecutive right to claim back jurisdiction and control over the imposed language of the colonizing power. Inside the linguistic structure of The Lonely Londoners is written the precise moment of the 1950s within a colonial and postcolonial history where racism was present.
In the novel, the usage of the internal monologue has