A Bend In The River Summary

order affected the individual lives and left them with despair. Not only Salim and Ferdinand but the all young boys and businessmen met with the tragic end. The society again would have to start itself from the beginning after these feuds.

The fourth chapter explains how the freedom wears mask and hides its face in Africa. Many countries, ruled by the Europeans, have struggled to secure their individuality; they eventually succeeded getting the freedom. Africa is not allowed to get its real freedom. And again Africa which seems to suffer the pain as the European culture has started to emerge, the cultural and tradition of Africa has started to submerge. It causes many local feuds and the ethnic groups continually went up against the

The novel also portrays the significant role of politics and people’s struggle over the continual attacks. The introduction of the thesis deals about the significance of ‘tribe’ in Africa and African’s cultural preferences. This chapter strongly pressures the truth that the torn society could not achieve its best in its unstable state. The peace has to be maintained even it has various communities under a single roof. The peace is collapsed; and the society lacks the unity. The tribal people from the beginning onwards have restricted the European sense. The murder of Father Huismans is an obvious act against the European culture. Because they struggle their lives to get the freedom and they did not want to get into the hands of Europeans again. Naipaul’s perceptive is different in all the level. Naipaul is extremely creative to create the reality of the Third World societies. He never fails to introduce the new one in his fresh novels. His pessimistic concern is his portrayal of the truth. His “A Bend in the River” is always a rare and significant one to taste with all good ingredients. It is like a mirror showed the genuine face of

It is an irony that there is no actual freedom in Africa. Ferdinand and Salim’s situation is an example to show how ridiculously they are caged in a small square. Salim could not lead his deserved life in the town; and still could not attain his individuality - his process has stopped even before reaching his goal; Ferdinand even though an official lives his life at the stake. The purpose of freedom is totally failed. Naipaul does not want to mix the myth with the real status of the society. The African society in “A Bend in the River” cannot attain the happiness in a single stroke. The people suffer even after the independence. They have to start up again after their current feuds. It is like a mirage that there is no reality but the illusion. The nation got its freedom with the hidden