Upload
monica-randall
View
227
Download
0
Tags:
Embed Size (px)
Citation preview
Miguel Street
By V. S. Naipal
V.S. Naipal Vidiadhar Surajprasad
Naipaul Born: Chaguanas,
Trinidad, 1932 Most of his writing
depicts his exodus from Trinidad to England
Critics note his negative portrayal of Carribean
“…paint[s] portraits of the outcast roaming through civilizations of the world.”
The Caribbean
Trinidad
Characters The narrator: 1st person, limited perspective;
unnamed boy who comes of age Bogart: called “Patience”, “bored and
superior, left to Find a wife and have a child, but each time he leaves and comes back, he becomes more Americanized; accused of bigamy
Hat: authoritative voice, appears in almost every chapter
Titus Hoyt: runs a school; influences the narrator
Popo: “man-woman”, carpenter who builds “the thing without a name”
Key Facts Published: 1959 Genre: Coming of age; Bildungsroman POV: 1st person, limited perspective Setting: World War II, Port-o-Spain,
Trinidad Themes: disintegration of life through
outside influence; societal assimilation; human depravity
Tone: mixture of pathos and humor to evoke sympathy and understanding about human character
Style
-chapters organized around individual characters
-each one illuminates some aspect of the culture
-viewed through the perspective of diaspora, the assimilation of one culture into another and it’s residual and lasting effects
Key Facts, cont. Symbols: “the thing without a
name”, Titus Hoyt school certificate, education, poetry
Motifs: calypso music, travel Plot Synopsis: a day-in-the-life of a
variety of characters who experience human depravity and react in specific ways that highlight social issues; a young boy who witnesses this culture and matures as a result
Calypso music “Banana Boat Song”—1956
Harry Belafonte