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This is an essay about the second generation immigrant Karim Amir’s struggle to find his social and inner identity in the xenophobic and class conscious environment of England. Karim’s quest to find his true identity is especially made difficult since his father Haroon is going through a identity crisis himself. In fact, Haroon is changing his entire appearance, from trying to blend in to the British mass, to playing the role of the Buddha of Suburbia, a spiritual counsellor from India. This way of acting in order to gain social acceptance, or to find an inner self, is also evident in the behaviour of other characters, such as Karim himself, who eventually finds relief on stage where he is finally partly accepted in society. Lastly, the famous British class consciousness also influences the different characters’ behaviour. More or less everything that is said and done origins in an awareness about social class and rank, and it can be argued that it is basically the class society that forces Haroon and Karim to act the way they do. Jane Eyre narrates from the home of the well-off Reed family, Gateshead Hall. Refused permission by her aunt, Mrs. Reed, to play with her with cousins‹Eliza, John, and Georgiana‹10-year-old Jane reads Bewick's "History of British Birds." The bullying John interrupts her reading and says that, since she was orphaned and is dependent on his family, she has no right to read their books.
Approximate Word count = 858
Approximate Pages = 3.4
(250 words per page double spaced)
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