One Out Of Many Naipaul Analysis

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Culture is an identity of a group of people living in specific place. It is the knowledge of the particular group of people which defined by everything such as their language, religion, arts and music etc. Culture is a pattern of behaviors and interactions, cognitive constructs and understanding learned by socialization (Zimmermann, 2015) . Culture is the identity of a nation and the society is impossible without it. Every culture has its own characteristics such as learnt, social, adaptive, social, continuous etc. (Importance of Cultures Essay, 2016). Cultural encounters are interactions between two or more people who are governed by different social rules and it has impact on society. Countries which populated by immigrants, those countries cultures are influenced by the group of immigrants. One out of many is a short story which written by V.S. Naipaul illustrates the live of an Indian cook whose name was Santosh and he employed by a Washington government worker. In the short story One out of Many narrator displays Santosh’s confusion regarding his identity and culture. As a foreign new comer he represents his culture. So, the short story discussed the …show more content…

He went to the supermarket and met a hubshi girl who seemed interested in Santosh, taught him English lessons and their relationship becomes closer (Raizal, 2011). Santosh also learn English and their culture by watching television program. When Santosh realize that someone likes him and it’s the junction of his life. He started to take care himself and always observe his face on the mirror. He khap khawa into Washington culture. He learned American culture and became comfortable with his lifestyle here. He found another Santosh on him. By this change he do not want to go home and feels like he get into Washington culture. Moreover, he wants to change his position. His identity destructed by the American culture and he cannot detach

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