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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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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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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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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A House for Mr. Biswas (Naipaul) Summary The early masterpiece of V. S. Naipaul’s brilliant career‚ A House for Mr. Biswas is an unforgettable story inspired by Naipaul’s father that has been hailed as one of the twentieth century’s finest novels. The book that first brought Naipaul worldwide acclaim‚ this richly comic novel tells the moving story of a man without a single asset who enters a life devoid of opportunity‚ and whose tumble-down house becomes a potent symbol of the search for identity
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S. Naipaul Sir Vidiadhar Surajprasad "V. S." Naipaul‚ TC (born 17 August 1932) is a Trinidadian-British writer of Indo-Trinidadian heritage of Bhumihar Brahmin[1][2] known for his novels focusing on the legacy of the British Empire’s colonialism. He has also written works of non-fiction‚ such as travel writing and essays. Naipaul was born in Chaguanas‚ Trinidad and Tobago‚ to parents of Indian descent.[1] He is the son‚ older brother‚ uncle‚ and cousin of published authors Seepersad Naipaul‚ Shiva
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Tales of the Diaspora When VS Naipaul won the Nobel Prize in 2001‚ he said: “It is a great tribute to England‚ my home‚ and India‚ the land of my ancestors…” It is a heritage he shares with Jhumpa Lahiri‚ who was born in London and immigrated to America with her Indian-born parents. “While I am American by virtue of the fact that I was raised in this country‚ I am Indian thanks to the efforts of two individuals‚” she said‚ referring to her parents‚ in an interview with Newsweek in 2006. They have
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Miguel Street by V.S. Naipaul The History of Trinidad Trinidad was inhabited by Carib and Arawak people long before Christopher Columbus arrived‚ but the recorded history of Trinidad and Tobago begins with the settlements of the islands by Spanish. Both islands were encountered by Christopher Columbus on his third voyage in 1498. Tobago changed hands between the British‚ French‚ Dutch and Courlanders‚ but eventually ended up in British hands. Trinidad remained in Spanish hands until 1797‚ but
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edu/essays/fiction/beka_lamb.html>. Misrahi-Barak‚ Judith. Ed. The Wake in Caribbean Literature: a Celebration of Self-knowledge and Community. 17 Apr. 2012. Web. 4 Apr. 2013. < http://laboratoires.univ-reunion.fr/oracle/documents/224.html>. Naipaul‚ V.S. “Miguel Street”. United States. Vintage Books Publishers. (1959): 13-27‚ 204-07. Print.
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People often get options what to do or not to do in life; I always choose my options freely without any pressure. But there are some people in this world who are “genius” but their abilities are often “shortened” or “greatened” by some ill choices or imposed choices. Shortened because they feel problematic with a sense of loss and greatened because that choice or loss leads them and their work to a massive acknowledgement. It can also be again their long fascination which turns to be against own
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