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Miguel Street

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

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Miguel Street

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  1. Miguel Street By V. S. Naipal

  2. 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.”

  3. The Caribbean

  4. Trinidad

  5. 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”

  6. 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

  7. 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

  8. 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

  9. Calypso music • “Banana Boat Song”—1956 • Harry Belafonte

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