Politics of Autobiography in Williams S Burroughs's Junky

Abstract

The paper depicts William Burroughs' politics to get a factual account of his own experience of heroin addiction, criminality and homosexuality based on his junky autobiographical novel. The researcher not only focuses on his addiction and sexuality, but also tries to reveal Burroughs' politics about youth mentality and their desire, and how youth adopt the subculture. Burroughs tires to recover from consumption of drugs addiction but he never manage to his recovery because of lack of either moral or spiritual direction. He tries to show these addicts are as marginal group and take departure from main stream of American history. He politicizes autobiography to give awareness about addiction and challenge the American mainstream history. The primary aim of this study is to fine the conflict between state power and marginal group like drugs addict, sex abuser. To this end, the paper answers the questions regarding he politics behind Burroughs addiction to provide awareness in the society. It can be prevent an addiction and crime. The researcher's main concerns with Linda Anderson's Autobiography and with the support of Julie Armstrong's "Experimental Fiction an Introduction for readers and writers" the paper comes to a finding that Burroughs' writing raises the issues of marginal group as homeless, drugs addiction in the beats generation. The paper comes to a finding that he searches the solution of addiction and sexual abuse through his writing in counterculture movement. Through this text he tries to show an addicts want to stay far from drugs abuse but lack of family and social support addict cannot be eradicate. He wants to reduce crime related to sexuality and drugs abuse through his Junky.