Bildungsroman in Nigel King's " Twiggy in Home from Hell"

Abstract

Abstract

           The research studies the term Bildungsroman in the story Twiggy in Home from Hell by Nigel King. The novel explores the development of the hero's personality during the stages of his childhood and adolescence until he reaches full maturity. Through the story, the hero Twiggy, who embodies the life of the writer King, is exposed to sexual abuse more than once by his caretaker, Mr. Shush.

The research aims to clarify all the previous elements of the bildungsroman that relate to the story and analyze its themes. Firstly, the physical journey that Twiggy must take to overcome sexual assault and loss of innocence. Secondly, the psychological impact of discovering his identity. Third: The social conflict that Twiggy is exposed to, his admission of mistakes, and his arrival at maturity. Finally, in light of the reformer, a contrast was made between the main character, Bone, for Allison's novel, Bastard Out of Carolina, and the main character, Twiggy, for King's novel, Twiggy in Home from Hell. It was concluded that Twiggy's story represents a bildungsroman, while Bone's story does not represent a bildungsroman, and the reason is that Bone does not arrive at discovering her identity or does not arrive to maturity to know her identity. She isolated herself from her society, unlike Twiggy, who Develops morally and psychologically according to his social environment to which he belongs and does not adopt an identity other than masculinity