Fifteenth International Conference on Interdisciplinary Social Sciences

Abstract

This paper analyses the female sufferings and identity of the protagonist Tara Banerjee Cartwright in Bharati Mukherjee’s The Tiger’s Daughter (1972), how the female protagonist Tara as an outsider strives to shape her identity to fit in mainstream American society. Thus, how the character of Tara undertakes the search for new self-identity and diversity through fortitude and courage until she finds a way of life that satisfies her, this study also focuses on the struggles, pains, and joys of the protagonist Tara and trying to realize her dreams in America. This paper also shows the change in her work, from a primary concern with the Indian expatriate’s experience in the new society to a situation where the expatriate becomes an immigrant.