COLORS CLASH: A FANONIAN PERSPECTIVE OF HAMID’S THE LAST WHITE MAN

Abstract

This paper investigates the complex issues associated with the person(s) having black identity in Hamid’s The Last White Man utilizing Frantz Fanon’s Black Skin, White Masks as a theoretical framework for the analysis of the text. The novel is written in the context of the psycho-social issues of the black people. It digs deep into the problems linked with the (un)conscious of the black person(s). There are multiple dimensions of black identity which leads to inaction, passivity, confusion, self-denial, and inferiority complex among many other identical issues. These things are explored through the metamorphosis of the different characters in the novel. This transformation uncovers the effects of traumatic experiences and complex identity of the black people. Every action and step taken by these people is an ultimate result of multiple thoughts flash through their minds putting ahead the social context of the society. The facts associated with black people are represented by the writer are universal in their nature. This research shatters the very self-proclaimed notion of post-racial societies as it intersects this discourse.