Diaspora Identities: A Comparative Study of Sidhwa’s American Brat and Desai’s Inheritance of Loss

Abstract

In this research paper two novels ‘Inheritance of loss’ by Kiran Desai and ‘An American Brat ’ by BapsiSidhwais analyzed and discussed. Both these novels show the group of middle-class society who has been overlooked when it comes to race and ethnicity. This study is an examination of the ethnic-racial identity formation process from the psychoanalytical perspective under the perception of Sigmund Freud. The text has been analyzed through extensive reading that uses the qualitative method. The study explores that how conflicts of inner being shape an individual’s behavior specifically discussing the complexities of the characters of described novels.