Out Of Many Naipaul Analysis

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Culture is defined as “a relating to the ideas, customs, and social behavior of a society” , while the clashing of two cultures through trade relations or music, literature and the exchange of experiences is called the cultural encounters or in another definition “it is the occurrence of two or more cultures coming into contact with each through conquest immigration , mass media , trade or travel “), so in this essay I am going to focus on the cultural encounter in a certain story which is called the “ out of many “ by V.S Naipaul . there is more than one type of the cultural encounter such as cooperative encounter which preserves the rights and the benefits for each culture, also we have the competitive encounter which is overriding …show more content…

and every type of the cultural encounter has an effect on society and people, whether it was a negative effect or a positive effect. So cultural encounters specially for immigration for whatever reason has some conflicts, yes it gave them a chance to have home and safe life provided with security and stability, education and jobs opportunity, but they have to adapt to a new language new believes new way of thinking and a whole new life style in the host community which is difficult for them. In addition, some short stories had an idea about cultural encounters and it was very clear such as “Ultimate safari “, “Pit strike” and the story that I am going to discuss the cultural encounter in it “one out of many “and many others.

The “Out of many “story lists an innocent Indian man his name is Santosh who decided to immigrate to Washington with his employer, he left his wife and children back there in Bombay, and tries to identify himself in a picture of a perfect society because he saw himself as a representation of his country, though he insist on his employer to take him later, he regrets going to Washington ,although he was so excited to immigrate he found it hard to live with new community with a different culture , believes , manners , even appearance , so when he was on the plane his innocence with dressing

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