A Sense of Estrangement: A Study in V.S. Naipaul's An Area of Darkness

Abstract

His world is a divided world that ever gives a sense of estrangement and the feeling of isolation to its people. A New culture which should have emerged has failed to take roots. Obviously, the people of such state will suffer from the problem of rootlessness and homelessness in lack of distinct cultural identity. Becoming misfit with any culture means being estranged from the world thus, the sense of estrangement always becomes a burning issue for them, which Naipaul wants to mitigate through his writings.