From Alienation To Intimacy

V.S. Naipaul has been one of the hottest and most controversial writers for a long time; his "Trilogy of India" becomes the focal point where people pay their attention. Although there are fruitful researches about "India Trilogy", most researchers and critics believed that, for India, Naipaul is alienated in spirit and is a typical example of "rootless" people. However, to some extent, this deviates from the spiritual essence reflected in his works. We must not lose the sight that his "alienation" is for better "integration." In "India Trilogy", Naipaul's spirit and essence of experience has undergone a development from the quantitative to qualitative changes. His understanding of India is not linear, but rather a gradual process from anger, scorn, criticism to sympathy, concern and recognition. Therefore, using some post-colonial theories to review Naipaul's spiritual essence, reflected in "India Trilogy", on the home country of India from alienation to the feeling of belonging, has become a focus of this essay's attention. From the West to the East, from alienation to the feeling of belonging, Naipaul has undergone a difficult period. The "Trilogy of India" has revealed such a message: no matter how far he is gone, his "root" is in the East and his "center" is in India.