The Lonely Londoners Belonging Analysis

West Indies Men as Londoners

The Lonely Londoners deals with the shattering of the impression of belonging, the misinterpretation of being English, and indeed the misconception about who the English are. The journey to England is perceived as a visual image with the streets to be paved with gold, with work well-paid and readily available. Also, the civility, friendliness and human warmth of the English. In this novel, all the dreams are painfully destroyed by the reality of their encounter with the actual England. IThe Londoners by Samuel Selvon three of the characters which experience this misconception of being English are Galahad, Harris and Big City. Galahad, on the contrary, makes a much more obvious effort to enter English society, regardless of been rejected by the British. For example, on page 87/88 shows prejudice as it tells about a child with her mother. “Mommy look at that Black man!” A little child, holding on to the mother hand, look up at Sir Galahad. “You mustn’t say that, dear! This proves that even a child is knowledgeable of the prejudice that lies between these two cultures. The mother eventually pulls the child along and give a disgusting sort of smile to

However, these characters still display being Londoners as they had grown to accept the lifestyle of the English. This is found on page 138 where it state ‘In the grimness, with s of the winter, with your hand plying space like a blind man’s stick in the yellow fog, ice on the ground and coldness defying all effort to keep warm, the boys coming and going, working, eating, sleeping, going out about the vast metropolis like veteran Londoners.” This example acts as a period, which makes it possible for these characters to survive the rest of their stay in