Psychological Decolonizationin V.S Naipaul’sIn A Free Stateand The Mimic Men
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This research highlights the psychic decolonization for theproper establishment of the once
colonized countries. This research is to present the derogative outcomesof colonization
appearedin post colonial period from the perspective of psychoanalysis inV.S. Naipaul’sIn A
Free StateandThe Mimic Men. Due to the psychological impact of colonial legacy in postcolonial
period, the former colonies try to get absolute freedom.The Mimic Menis very useful text
whichexamineshow Ralph's sense of alienation, his experiences as a colonial politician, his
struggle witha sense of personal identity, and his inability to connect with others arelinked with
Ralph's sense of loss and disconnectedness. These experiences and reactions also fit into general
patterns of colonized persons acting within `typical'colonial situations.So the people from the
former colonies undergo with the series of psychological humiliation in front of the ex-colonizers
due to the colonial hangover; which searches the issue of psychological decolonization for the
sake of complete freedom.