Critique of Existing Multiculturalism in Naipaul‟s Half a Life

Abstract

This present research delvesinto the issues of existing multiculturalism in V.S.Naipaul’s Half a Life. Naipaul shows the multicultural theme by using different ethnic diversity, cultural assimilation and liberalism in his book. Thus this research examines his novel from the perspective of multicultural views on the basis of glocolization in the age of globalization. Naipaul‟s protagonist, Willie, is the representative character represented in different places with single multicultural identity.Willie is set firstly in post-independent India, at the politically protected court of Maharaja, later in London then in pre-independent Africa in a nameless country modeled on Mozambique and briefly, Berlin. By taking the theme of cultural contract, the mixture of ethnic uniqueness and affiliation to different religious way in his fiction generally illustrates to a strong pattern of multinational canvas in his novels. Drawing upon the notion of W.C. Watson‟s Multiculturalism, this research paper explores the multicultural theme in novel and proves the hypothesis.