Psychological Decolonizationin V.S Naipaul’sIn A Free Stateand The Mimic Men

Abstract

This research highlights the psychic decolonization for theproper establishment of the once colonized countries. This research is to present the derogative outcomesof colonization appearedin post colonial period from the perspective of psychoanalysis inV.S. Naipaul’sIn A Free StateandThe Mimic Men. Due to the psychological impact of colonial legacy in postcolonial period, the former colonies try to get absolute freedom.The Mimic Menis very useful text whichexamineshow Ralph's sense of alienation, his experiences as a colonial politician, his struggle witha sense of personal identity, and his inability to connect with others arelinked with Ralph's sense of loss and disconnectedness. These experiences and reactions also fit into general patterns of colonized persons acting within `typical'colonial situations.So the people from the former colonies undergo with the series of psychological humiliation in front of the ex-colonizers due to the colonial hangover; which searches the issue of psychological decolonization for the sake of complete freedom.