Displacement and Alienation in le thie diem thuy’s The gangster we are all looking for
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This research deals with the experience of Vietnamese immigrant family in the
United States who are having a traumatic life due to their physical distance from their
native land. They are suffering from diasporic alienation and identity crisis in the
multicultural society. When the familyforcibly leaves its homeland it is affected by
foreign culture. They not only find it difficult to assimilate but also cannot disown
their native culture. Their identity becomes hybrid amidst the intersection of multiple
cultures.So, their ambivalent orin-between position germinates alienation and
identity crisis which pushes them to remain in the sense of tumultuous life. As a result
their life crawls through the memory or nostalgia which becomes an alternative source
in search of fix identity and belongingness.