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This paper explores the quest for a cultural identity in the colonial and postcolonial Caribbean society that inspire Derek Walcott to write Another Life. Walcott has conducted a lifelong struggle to integrate his divided identity because of the multicultural properties of the Caribbean society. Critical analysis of Walcott’s autobiographical work, Another Life, reveals his main concern with the postcolonial Caribbean identity and the complexities of the Caribbean West Indian society. Another Life explores the Caribbean society and its history in colonial and postcolonial contexts. Walcott blends themes associated with his heritage, his West Indian culture, British Rule, and inequality in Another Life. The prevalence of completely different cultures in the colonial period led to a severe identity crisis and fragmentation in the Caribbean postcolonial age. An examination of Walcott’s Another Life shows the cultural divisions he experienced in the West Indies and the identity issues that associate with his multicultural origin.
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