Linguistics and Literature Studies Vol. 3(3), pp. 100 - 110
DOI: 10.13189/lls.2015.030304
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Losing Identity, Abandoning Values, and Alienating Self: The Impact of Immigration in Mohammed Abdul-Wali's They Die Strangers


Mohammed Albalawi *
Ministry of Education, Saudi Arabia

ABSTRACT

This paper discusses the impact of immigration on individuals in the Yemeni novella, They Die Strangers. It argues that while émigrés seek spiritual or financial success, they lose identities and abandon values when attempting to become integrated into a new society. The paper rethinks the poor's plight in the novella and offers a unique portrayal through which people who are posed by social, political, and economic difficulties become deficient and disconnected.

KEYWORDS
Immigration, Arab, Literature, Yemen, Alienation, Values

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(a). IEEE Format:
[1] Mohammed Albalawi , "Losing Identity, Abandoning Values, and Alienating Self: The Impact of Immigration in Mohammed Abdul-Wali's They Die Strangers," Linguistics and Literature Studies, Vol. 3, No. 3, pp. 100 - 110, 2015. DOI: 10.13189/lls.2015.030304.

(b). APA Format:
Mohammed Albalawi (2015). Losing Identity, Abandoning Values, and Alienating Self: The Impact of Immigration in Mohammed Abdul-Wali's They Die Strangers. Linguistics and Literature Studies, 3(3), 100 - 110. DOI: 10.13189/lls.2015.030304.