Commodificationof HumanValues in Mulk RajAnand’sNovelDeath of a Hero
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Thisthesis analyses Mulk Raj Anand’s NovelDeath of a Herofrom the
perspective of commodification of human values. The victimization and
objectification of the Muslims in the novel is unveiled and done justice to the
characters who have been oppressed and treated very badly. The research, therefore,
attempts to uncover the underlying structure of the exploitation of poor people under
capitalistic social system and in the war or violence. So, the suppressed and
victimized poor Muslims of Kashmir are struggling for food and freedom for just to
exist. Juma, Quadri and Saleem Bux and other Muslim people are maltreated in the
hands of Muratib Ali and Saradar Mohamad Jilani. Even they cannot establish the
healthy human relation; but their love, compassion, feelings all are commodified. On
the other hand, the Muslim people are also suffering from the violence, Indo-Pak
war. So, it has been also depicted that the rivals treat their opponent as the commodity
and forget the human values and sensibilities. The protagonist Maqbool Sherwani, the
representative of poor Muslims gets killed as he opposed this exploitation and
commodification.