Nexus between Dream and Reality in Tarun Tejpal’s The Alchemy of Desire
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This thesis, entitled as “Nexus between Dream and Reality in Tarun Tejpal’s
The Alchemy of Desire” deals with the connection of dream and reality as depicted in
the novel. This research discloses how young generation gets trapped with their
dreams. Having demonstrated that dream and reality have been consistently used in
the novel, the nexus has been analyzed from the archetypal perspective. The analysis
shows that Jungian archetypes are relentlessly used in the novel. Elements like love,
attraction, sex, relationship, desire, dream, career, repulsion, separation, realization
and reunion have been employed in the backdrop of various cultures. As the country
is doomed between political chaos and post dependence changes, the nameless,
narrator leaves no stone unchanged on his aspiration of being acclaimed writer. The
greatest realization that “lived lives make better stories than seen lives” come at the
end after much deploring of time, love and zeal. Eventually this research work
concludes that there is strong nexus between dream and reality.