Chanu's thwarted dreams and dislocation in Brick Iuine by Monica Ali

Monica Ali'nin Brick Ixtne romanı 2000'li yıllarda Londra'nın Tower Hamlets bölgesinin Brick Lane mahallesinde yaşayan Bangladeş topluluğunun yaşamlarına ışık tutan az sayıdaki romandan biridir ve bu roman bu insanların yaşam biçimleri, çalışma şekilleri, dinamikleri, inançları, tepkileri ve sorunlarına ayna tutar. Romanında, Monica Ali esas olarak Nazneen ve onun kişisel gelişimi üzerine odaklanır ancak yabancılaşma, hayal kırıklığı ve umutsuzluk sorunlarının yanı sıra ırkçılık, ayrımcılık, yoksulluk, işsizlik, uygun işte çalışamama, gettolaşma. dil engelleri gibi zamanın diğer önemli konularını da romanda bulmak mümkündür. Özellikle, Chaııu'nun birinci nesil bir göçmen olarak deneyimleri, hayatını idame ettirme ve mali, sosyal ve iş yaşamında başarılı olma çabaları, diğer göçmenlerin sıkıntıları hakkında da çok bilgilendiricidir. Chanu çalışıp, para kazanıp ülkesine başarıyla dönmek yolunda büyük umutlarla l970Merin başında İngiltere'ye gelir. Diğer göçmenlerin çoğundan daha iyi eğitimli ve daha nitelikli olmasına rağmen iş yerindeki terfisi engellenir, diploma ve sertifikaları dikkate alınmaz. para kazanmak için taksi şoförü olarak çalışmak zorunda kalır ve İngiltere hakkındaki beklentileri yıllar içinde paramparça olur. Bangladeş'ten 'bozulmamış' bir kızla görücü usulü evlenmesi ve üç çocuğunun doğumu yaralarına merhem olmaktan uzaktır. Tam tersine kızları ile tatsız çatışmalar ve karısı ile karısının sadakatsizliği ile sonuçlanan ciddi anlaşmazlıklar yaşar. Bütün bunların yanı sıra iki kültür ve iki kutup arasında kalmaktan dolayı travmalardan muzdarip olur. 30 yıldan fazla İngiltere'de kalmasına rağmen Chanu. İngiliz toplumuna ve kültürüne uyum sağlayıp entegre olmayı başaramazken kızları ve karısı Bangladeş toplumunun ailevi, ahlaki, dini ve sosyal gelenek ve kurallarına boyun etmeyi reddedip egemen İngiliz kültürünün dayatmaları ve şartlandırmaları ile uyum içinde yaşamayı seçerler. Chanu sonunda bir çalışan olarak, bir baba olarak ve bir koca olarak başarısız olur ve tek bulabildiği çözüm karısından ve kızlarından ayrılma pahasına Bangladeş'e dönmektir.

Monica Ali'nin Brick Lane romanında Chanu'nun engellenen hayalleri ve yerinden olması

Monica Ali's Brick Lane is one of the few novels which sheds light onto the lives of the Bangladeshi community living in the Brick Lane area of the Tower Hamlets borough of London in the 2000s. and the novel mirrors these people's life styles, work patterns, dynamics, faith, reactions, and problems. In the novel. Monica Ali's central focus is on Nazneen and her personal development; however, it is possible to trace other significant issues of the time such as racism, discrimination, poverty, unemployment, underemployment, ghettoisation, linguistic hurdles along wiUi alienation, disillusionment and despair. Particularly Chanu's experience, struggle to survive and to succeed financially, socially and professionally as a first-generation Bangladeshi immigrant in London is very informative about the plight of die other immigrants. Chanu comes to Britain in the early 1970s with great hopes to work, to earn money and to return to Bangladesh as a success. Although he is better educated and more qualified than most immigrants his promotion at work is thwarted, his certificates and diplomas are discredited, he is compelled to take up driving a taxi to make a living, and his illusions about Britain are shattered over the years. His arranged marriage with an 'unspoilt' girl from Bangladesh and the birth of three kids are far from healing his wounds; on the contrary, he has bitter clashes with his daughters and serious disagreements with his wife which result in her infidelity. In addition to all these, he has to endure traumas in his life because of being trapped between two cultures and two allegiances. His daughters and his wife refuse to conform to the familial, moral, religious, and social traditions and rules of the Bangladeshi community and choose to live in harmony with the impositions and conditionings of the hegemonic British culture whereas he can not adapt to or integrate into the British society and culture despite more than 30 years of stay in Britain. In the end. he fails as an employee, as a father, and as a husband and the only solution he can find is to return to Bangladesh at the cost of separating from his wife and his daughters.

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