Volume IV Special Issue II February 2024

Name of Author : Abinaya K, Dr. A R Chitra

Title of the paper : Unbosoming the Resolute Psyche of Victimhood and Ingenuous Altruism in Min Jin Lees Pachinko

Abstract: Colonisation has a ripple effect on the lives of immigrants, migrants and refugees. Political unrest defines the fate of victims, their entire identity and existence have been dissected and ravaged in the hands of colonizers. The paper significantly focuses on the Scapegoat theory of Prejudice and Freuds Sublimation theory of Psychology in Min Jin Lees Pachinko. It unearths the remarkable valiantness of Zainichi Koreans despite harsh oppression. The paper specifically deals with the second and third generations of Zainichi Koreans in the novel. Though the Japanese stomped on Koreans culture and used them as a scapegoat to garner political and economic power, Zainichi Koreans used repression as a defence mechanism. All their pentup repressed negative emotions seem to be channelled in a healthy way and they become a carrier of noble acts. The study further introspects the psychological responses of victims and victors towards negative emotions. The research vehemently vindicates that victors are seemingly more feeble-minded than victims because victims are inherently resilient and psychologically formidable.

Keywords : Fragmentation, Resilience, Displaced Wrath, Japanese Supremacy and Ostracism.

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Page Number : 7-14