DOUBLY OPPRESSED IMMIGRANTS IN BRICK LANE

The present study aims to delve into the novel Brick Lane by Monica Ali in respect to two primary factors which lead immigrants to be face to face with oppression and discrimination in Britain. Their skin colours and Muslim identities comprise a basis that assigns the position of these immigrants in that European land under discussion in which they have to cope with certain financial problems, physical attacks and threats. As a result, both a dark skin and being a Muslim mean double oppression in London.

Brick Lane Romanında Çifte Ezilmiş Göçmenler

Bu araştırma Monica Ali tarafından yazılan Brick Lane romanını göçmenlerin İngiltere’de eziyet ve ayrımcılıkla yüz yüze gelmelerine öncülük eden iki ana faktör ile ilgili olarak derinlemesine incelemeyi amaçlamaktadır. Onların belirli finansal sorunlar, fiziksel saldırı ve tehditlerle baş etmek zorunda oldukları söz konusu Avrupa ülkesinde pozisyonlarını tayin eden zemini ten renkleri ve Müslüman kimlikleri oluşturur. Sonuç olarak, hem koyu ten hem de Müslüman olmak Londra’da çifte eziyet anlamına gelir.

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