POSTCOLONIAL MENTALITY AND IMMIGRATION

Abstract

This Dissertation examines Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o’s A Grain of Wheat , and Dave Eggers autobiography and novel What is the what with a particular focus on the impact of the forced displacement on the cultural heritage, which sent the nations in a loop of despair and hopelessness. The result was an aggravated fragmentation of the community, which shifted the individual psychological stability and alienated them from defining their own identities. The quest for belonging was apparent through both novels and the struggle to keep one’s roots alive and adapt to their current situations. It compares both authors’ views on the struggle they had to endure for or on their lands and the endless violence and the misrepresentation of religion to achieve personal endeavors. Women’s role was not highlighted in the novels but through a profound analysis, it showed the major role they had in preserving identity and the issues they had to figure out in the midst of these complexities.