Notes on V.S. Naipaul's Miguel StreetHeinemann Educational Books, 1979 - 44 pages |
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Page 9
... American soldiers and their women . The new- comers turn George's house into something of a brothel . He appears to prosper but he is too stupid to make a regular business of it : As the months went by , the women began to disappear and ...
... American soldiers and their women . The new- comers turn George's house into something of a brothel . He appears to prosper but he is too stupid to make a regular business of it : As the months went by , the women began to disappear and ...
Page 31
... American soldiers on the islands . At its mildest level , this influence extends as far as the children in the street , who turn into little beggars asking every passing American for gum and chocolates : The Americans were crawling all ...
... American soldiers on the islands . At its mildest level , this influence extends as far as the children in the street , who turn into little beggars asking every passing American for gum and chocolates : The Americans were crawling all ...
Page 32
... soldiers " has an even more alienating effect : Edward surrendered completely to the Americans . He began wearing clothes in the American style , he began chewing gum , and he tried to talk with an American accent . ( p.185 ) He also ...
... soldiers " has an even more alienating effect : Edward surrendered completely to the Americans . He began wearing clothes in the American style , he began chewing gum , and he tried to talk with an American accent . ( p.185 ) He also ...
Contents
Background to Caribbean Literature | 1 |
Themes | 23 |
Style and Language | 34 |
Copyright | |
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achievement African American soldiers Amerindian Angela artist Bakchu beats Big Foot bigamy Bolo Bolo's boy narrator British Guiana Caribbean Caroni Characterisation characters in Miguel collection of short comes daughter depicted Deutsch disappears disillusionment Eddoes Eddoes's eight children Elias England exam example fact failure fireworks frustration Ganesh gang George George's girl gives goes Hat's Humphrey Bogart ideal islands jail Laban Erapu later novels Laura leave the street live look Man-man manhood Morgan Mystic Masseur Naipaul's Miguel Street Naipaul's novels narrator's never Nigel Brown obsession patois pidgin plot Popo Popo's Port of Spain principal character prove Pundit quest racial Ramayana realise returns to Miguel Rex Harrison ridiculed Section sense of humour short stories spice islands surprised takes tell theme thing Titus Hoyt Toni Trinidad Tunapuna ultimately unity Venezuela West Indian West Indies whole day busy wife woman women Wordsworth