DISSIMILAR CULTURAL PATTERNS AND HYBRID IDENTITIES IN JAMIL AHMED'S SELECTED LITERARY FICTION

Abstract

Purpose of the Study: The present research discusses shifting cultural location renders a hybrid identification in Ahmad's The Wandering Falcon. In having readjustment in a new location, a person imitates a way of living, ultimately redefining one's identity. Methodology: The novel projects the pivotal character Tor Baz as a displaced person who adopts Mullah tribal culture to adjust to a new situation. As Bhabha's notion about hybrid identity shows, modern cultural locations are being formed where a person influences different cultural patterns. Main Findings: Culture remains an inseparable factor in human beings, and every being belongs to a particular cultural identity. While shifting cultural locations, a person has to change the way of living in which the person faces dilemmatic as well as physical and psychological crises. Application of the Study: The study contributes to the field of research in hybrid identification and cultural identities. Novelty/originality of this Study: Culture remains an inseparable factor in human beings and every being belongs to a particular cultural identity. The originality of the research is that it studies the shift of cultural locations; a person has to change the way of living in which the person faces dilemmatic as well as physical and psychological crises.