APPROPRIATION: A POST-COLONIAL STUDY OF THE WHO AND THE WHAT BY AYAD AKHTAR

Abstract

This study explores the impact of western culture on the people who migrate from east to west in the post-colonial period. The focal point of the present study is based on the perspective of post-colonialism within the illustration of appropriation. This study tends to hold the attention of the reader to comprehend the term appropriation through the selected text. The play “The Who and the What” (2014) by Ayad Akhtar has been exhaustively evaluating the after-effects of the colonial era. The current study also investigates the stage of settlement in the west and what are the things people have to face in adjustment. This study also explores the life of presented characters in the story and explains that blind appropriation of western culture makes someone fanatic. This study also highlights the impact of appropriation on the people who migrated from east to west. The people who settle in the west, try to cling to their values, traditions, language, and culture they reject other cultures, this act provides them peace and makes their life prosperous. On the other hand, some people blindly appropriate the western culture, they adopt their language, social norms, traditions, and customs and this approach brings disastrous consequences and makes them fanatic too.