African Melting Pot
All through out the novel, A Bend In the River, VS Naipaul gives way to people being stuck between two cultures and without permanent residence. The majority of characters in the novel are found to be either of mixed race, culture, or part of a culture foreign to the region, each character playing an integral role and helping sculpt A Bend In the River. It is through characters such as Salim, Metty, Ferdinand, Shoba, and Mahesh that Naipaul expresses the racial feelings of Africa at the time. Salim is a man of Indian heritage living in a coastal African town where his people have prospered fro generations. An opportunity arises to own a shop inland and he jumps on it and begins the next period of his life. The novel is based around Salim’s world. Through him Naipaul displays the feelings of race and of Africa. Salim’s experience comes from his adulterous affair with a white woman, Yvette. His attraction is based somewhat upon the quest for the forbidden fruit. She was barefooted, feet white and beautiful and finely made. I looked at her feet before I considered her face and her blouse, black silk, embroidered round the low cut collar (126) The two of them met while listening to the civil rights music of Joan Bayez thus catal
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Some common words found in the essay are:
Ferdinand Salim, Ferdinand Metty, Metty French, Africa Salims, Mahesh Shobas, Salim Indian, VS Naipaul, Mahesh Shoba, Metty Ferdinand, Joan Bayez, bend river, metty ferdinand, struggles world, indian couple, ferdinand metty,
Approximate Word count = 880
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)
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