Monday, December 23, 2019

Thinking activity : A Grain of Wheat

Grain of wheat


A Grain of Wheat is a novel by Kenyan novelist James Ngugi (Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o) first published as part of the influential Heinemann African Writers Series. It was written while he was studying at Leeds University and first published in 1967 by Heinemann. In ththis novel we see  how British government ruled on the people. Mugo and Uhru is main character of the novel.


Robinson Crusoe  is a novel by Daniel Defoe, first published on 25 April 1719. The first edition credited the work's protagonist Robinson Crusoe as its author, leading many readers to believe he was a real person and the book a travelogue of true incidents. The story about the character of friday and Crusoe. Friday is slave character of the novel. In this novel we see the term master slavery. The novel written in postcolonial perspective. Friday do all the things which Crusoe ordered.

The both novel we see the one same thing is power. In the novel Robinson Crusoe the Robinson is in the power of the  and the Friday is subaltern. Like Friday in this novel grain of wheat mugo, uhru are the subaltern.  In this both novel we see the Marxism. Both of the novels character are the victim of the marxism. 

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