Appreciation of guerrilla works

The theme of Guerrilla is multiple themes of race, sex, violence and politics. Naipaul coldly analyzed the essence of the black power movement and the true face of the revolutionary leader of an island country in the Caribbean, unveiled the illusion of revolution and let readers see the cruel truth. Since the early 1970s, newly independent countries have been increasingly plagued by the ills of neocolonialism: economic depression, social chaos, government corruption and the poor. Franz Fanon, a post-colonial theorist, once pointed out that the reality of people in these colonial countries is still "hunger and illiteracy, leaving behind empty minds and eyes".

Jimmy is the "leader" of the black power movement in Britain. Because of the rape case, he can't stay in England any longer. He fled back to the Caribbean island where he was born, established the "Thrushcross Grange" people's commune and carried out the "agrarian revolution". Guerrilla is set in the "black power" movement of Caribbean island countries in the post-colonial period from 65438 to 0970. However, the novel does not directly involve political events, but focuses on the dramatic events between Jimmy, Jane and Roach to reveal the chaotic politics and complex reality in this area. The story takes place in an unknown island country in the Caribbean, similar to Trinidad and Jamaica.

The novel reflects various social problems exposed during or after the colonial struggle for independence from different angles, involving multiple postcolonial literary themes such as exile, imitation, identity, the relationship between former colonies and suzerain countries, and the influence of neocolonialism on independent countries. Naipaul is good at using images and symbols to contrast the atmosphere of the story and reveal the theme of the novel. In Guerrilla, the use of symbolism can be seen everywhere, which intensifies the tragic atmosphere of the novel.

bush

In this paper, bushes appear repeatedly, which are low, messy and lifeless. After independence, the colony should be full of vitality and prosperity, but this is not the case. Post-colonial society generally presents a desolate and chaotic scene: due to drought, the great plains gradually dried up into swamps, and the swamps gradually dried up; Political chaos; Economic depression; The local culture is poor; The colonial people are here, just like in the bushes, devastated and unable to see their future and destiny clearly. They can't continue to write their own history and can't imagine the future. Anyone who wants to find a new life in Africa will eventually fall into crisis, despair and even face the threat of death.

thrushcross grange

Thrushcross Grange is naked irony. The story of Thrushcross Grange comes from Wuthering Heights. In Wuthering Heights, the environment of Thrushcross Grange is quiet and peaceful, and the interior is bright and brilliant, symbolizing the ideal civilized world. More importantly, this is the place where the second generation in the book began to fall in love sweetly and finally resolved the hatred of the first generation. In Guerrilla, this thrush villa stands in the depths of the wilderness and on a path overgrown with weeds. The villa has a grandiose title-people's commune, which is actually only the location of Sapoll Company. The company started from the slave trade and tried to maintain its image by hiring radicals like Roach and black leaders like Jimmy.

This Thrushcross Villa seems to be the beginning of all good hopes. People came to Thrushcross Grange, the land that Jimmy took from Sapoll Company, and tried to carry out the agrarian revolution. The so-called confidential "Announcement No.1" promoted by Thrushcross Commune is just a symbolic slogan of agrarian revolution, full of papers and fables. Chimi's office in Thrushcross Villa is also very humble, full of rags and sundries, and the photocopier used is also second-hand goods discarded by Sapoll Company. However, the place where he lives is very luxurious, and the furnishings at home are all British. All this implies that the so-called people's commune is actually an accessory of Sapoll, and Jimmy is just their carefully selected spokesperson. However, Jimmy, who lives in Thrushcross Grange, still has unrealistic illusions and thinks that he is Heathcliff in Wuthering Heights. His fate is bumpy, but he was born noble. In his diary, he fantasized that he was a prince and came to this small island on the Caribbean coast to help these poor blacks.

nature

In Naipaul's works, the status of African local women is the most humble. They are ugly and thin, and they are inferior women who can only be reduced to men's playthings. White women often represent the sovereign state. Jane, a white woman who doesn't seem to belong here, her sexual desire has always been related to identity and politics. Her ex-husband is a young politician and her lover is a left-wing journalist. Roach also attracted her because of her political experience. Her communication with Jimmy came from her interest in foreign culture, her longing for the rights of black leaders and her curiosity about Jimmy's sexual ability. Jane's attitude towards Jimmy is frivolous. In front of Jimmy, Jane appeared as a certain male, and immediately regarded Jimmy as a stranger after having sex with him.

Obviously, this unequal gender relationship symbolizes the western political superiority, and behind this strong attitude is a cultural strength of western countries towards colonial countries. Her concern for her appearance shows a strong narcissistic tendency, which is also a vivid expression of narcissism in colonialism and Eurocentrism. Jimmy's sexual advances to Jane, as well as subsequent impotence and sexual violence during sexual intercourse, are closely related to Jimmy's identity. Jimmy is a half-breed, a Muslim born in a grocery store in China. Jimmy, like many characters in Naipaul's novels, is doomed to be a marginal figure. In the company representing the interests of the suzerain, Jimmy is just a plaything, an actor chosen by them to play the role of black leader. At the end of the novel, Naipaul hinted that Jimmy's leadership career was short, and he only played the role of scapegoat. On that black island, because of his ethnic background, although he enjoys the reputation of a black leader, he is regarded as a different kind, distrusted and even despised by local blacks. His fate is doomed to be a tragedy, which is also the reason why Jimmy and Jane are full of sexual violence. Naipaul skillfully showed Jimmy's political and cultural disadvantages by showing his incompetence in front of Jane. At the end of the novel, after Jimmy raped Jane, he and Bryant brutally killed Jane. Behind this violent sexual relationship is a kind of abnormal and powerless catharsis of racial glory, which also symbolizes Jimmy's strong inner confusion and lack of stability and security. In the novel, the relationship between men and women has become a realistic portrayal of complex social and political relations-ruling and being ruled, oppression and oppression. In the end, women became the lower class and the victims of politics.

There is also a relationship between Jimmy and his gay lover Bryant. Kobe is the product of promiscuity between men and women, and a child who was abandoned at birth. He is short and ugly; He is both Jimmy's man and Jimmy's gay lover. They are all representatives of people on the double edge of society, and they are eager for others to recognize their identity. On this marginal island far from the cultural center, they all felt deep despair. It is * * *' s status as a "marginal person" that makes them comfort each other in this chaotic society. In Guerrilla, race, violence, sex and politics are closely linked and intertwined.

In Guerrilla, Naipaul once again expressed his concern about the disorder, chaos, backwardness, madness and killing of post-colonial society in Africa. Through the use of symbolic techniques such as "Bush" and "sex", the identity crisis and tragic fate of the characters are subtly hinted, which has profound implications and reference significance. The image symbols of "Jane" and "Thrushcross Villa" have subverted readers' horizon of expectation and added irony and tragic atmosphere to post-colonial society.

The novel combines history and travel notes.

Guerrilla is a combination of novel and historical documentary, which is autobiographical. On the one hand, it shows the individual's pursuit of cultural identity and the conflict between the national consciousness of immigrants and the mainstream culture. On the other hand, it also shows the turmoil brought by colonialism to the world and the course of people's resistance to oppression, which is a more historic perspective. As the Swedish Academy said in its acceptance speech, there is a "repressed history" under the familiar historical narrative. The writer thinks that it is not handy to express history only by fiction, and it must be combined with the accuracy and accuracy of historical brushwork, and this view of history should be above the secular and not affected by power. This is what the Swedish Academy said in its acceptance speech, which "combines sensitive narration with investigation that is not influenced by customs". Space is not only the place where characters and events occur in fictional stories, but also an important way to show the psychological activities of characters, shape their images and reveal the theme of works. Naipaul likes to emphasize the artificiality and cultural constructiveness of space, and his view of space is consistent with postmodern geography. Space is a contextual assumption, and social organization and artificial space are based on society ... Space itself may be given, but the organization and significance of space are the products of social change, social transformation and social experience. In the narrative of Guerrilla, negative space gained the dominant position over characters and events, which determined the way in which characters appeared and events happened. As Wesley A. Cote said: "In a very negative environment, survival rather than development and enrichment becomes the main concern. The fantasy of the characters is empty and there is almost no choice. This situation leads to the disappearance of heroes, untouchables, exiles and strangers mentioned in different ways in all modern narratives. "

"Jimmy always said that he was born in the back room of a China grocery store. In Britain, this background sounds very bad. " As Derek Humphrey and David Tindal analyzed in The Biography of Michael, Michael knows how to use the historical guilt, fear and sympathy of the British, especially the rich, to win sponsorship and support for himself. After Jimmy lost his first sexual relationship with Jane, he did not immediately let Clarissa replace Jane, but wrote to Roy again while waiting for Kobe to appear. His incompetence turned into a fantasy of social violence. He reported to Roy that Stephens was a dangerous man: "Now I don't see how I can control the revolution." Then Jimmy said what Naipaul used as an introduction to the guerrillas: "When everyone wants to fight, there is nothing worth fighting. Everyone wants to fight their own small battles, and everyone is a guerrilla. " This passage later became a reality. After the riots broke out, Harry went to Jane and Roach's house. During the conversation, he said, "I don't think I can blame the police. They don't know who they are fighting against or who they are fighting for. Now everyone is the boss. " Naipaul's use of narrative space in Guerrilla embodies rich writing skills such as imagery, intertextuality and irony.