Manju Kapur is a post-colonial writer who examines the position of women in a patriarchal society and deals with the problems of women. Kapur, with her sharp understanding of human nature, vividly portrays themes like displacement and quest for identity. Displacement is a key term in post-colonial theory which applies to all migrant situations concerning people who have left their homes to settle in other countries. It addresses issues such as identity, gender, race and ethnicity. Kapur deals with alienation, rootlessness, loneliness and nostalgia in her fourth novel The Immigrant. The quest for identity is one of the most striking and remarkable features of this novel. In this novel the author stresses that for immigrants the challenges of exile, the loneliness, alienation and longing for the lost world are distressing. The first half of the novel is based in Delhi, while the second half in Halifax in East Canada. The story revolves around an Indian couple - Nina and Ananda. It focuses on issues that surround their arranged marriage and Nina‟s transformation as an immigrant. This paper focuses on issues such as displacement, alienation, identity crisis, and race and ethnicity.
Volume 12 | 07-Special Issue
Pages: 2683-2687
DOI: 10.5373/JARDCS/V12SP7/20202405