Dispersal of Power-relationship in V. S. Naipaul’s Guerillas

Abstract

The present dissertation makes an intensive study of V.S. Naipaul's Guerillas. It tries to show how the foucauldian concept of discourse had affected on the actions of the natives in their struggle against the domination of the former British colonial agents in Caribbean island which results in the dispersal of power-relationship among the people. The events of the novel, Guerillas move around the effect of Black Power Movement. The novel has become such a document which is presented as a mirror of post-colonial Trinidadian community with inter-racial and intra-racial conflicts among the people. Blacks are discarded by the colonial rulers where Jimmy, the black power leader faces trauma for the blacks' racial identity. Then, they start the struggle against the British colonials but they can not achieve success due to inorganicity among them. On the other hand, the colonial workers are too found in dilemma. Even, the white ladies are found in supporting the Black Power Movement which consequently results in inorganicity and multiplicity of power. Thus, it portrays the working of horizontal and marginality of power among the people in post-colonial Trinidadian community.