The Vision of America through the eyes of its immigrants in some select novels a comparative study

Abstract

The current study is an attempt to explore how America is portrayed and articulated from the Third World immigrants perspective in the four select novels written by Third-World American female writers and published in the post 9/11. The study shows how these immigrant writers have succeeded in attracting the attention of the United States as well as the whole world to the paths experienced by the Third World emigrants in America. Through eavesdropping on the lives of the Third-World immigrants presented in the select novels, the study examines their notions about the United States of America before arriving there and the positive images drawn in their minds that USA is an ultimate goal that they eager to reach. It explores the vision of the United States in reality through examining the Third-World immigrants direct observations and experiences of immigration to USA, investigating whether the vision of the USA is bright or dark as portrayed and seen through the eyes of the Third World immigrants. The study employs an interdisciplinary approach to the study of the portrayal of the United States in order to provide a comprehensive understanding of the topic from various dimensions and perspectives. It begins tracing the enormous storehouse of literature to offer insights into the image of the USA from socio-political and historical perspectives. The select novels also provide a vivid presentation of a range of aspects of American world. The study analyses Kiran Desai, The Inheritance of Loss, as a critique of American capitalism and its effects on the Indian diasporic immigrants with an illegal immigration status. Marina Budhos Ask Me No Questions is analyzed as a facet of American fascism in the post 9/11, which is clearly seen through the eyes of Bangladeshi undocumented immigrants. In Shaila Abdullah Saffron Dreams America is portrayed as a nation of lies from a Pakistani female immigrant s perspective while in Yasmeen Maxamuud s Nomad Diaries: Life, War, and America, as an Anglo-Saxon society. From the grap