• Nosaybah Walid Awajan

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The paper critically analyzes Rawi Hage's three novels, De Niros's Game (2006), Cockroach (2008), and Carnival (2012). The paper depicts a new stage for Hage’s protagonist in Carnival (2012) which follows Hage’s first and second novels De Niros's Game, and Cockroach. It also tries to show that Hage presents the same protagonist in his three novels, where at the latest the same protagonist has transformed and changed in a more confident, wise, independent and helpful person rather than how he is shown as a lost, irresponsible and dependent protagonist in the previous novels. He is no-longer shown as marginalized, oppressed and traumatized as he is presented in the earlier two novels. Hage no-longer depicts the protagonist with more than one identity nor trying to reach to liberation, empowerment and individualism. Instead, he is shown as has achieved them. The article tries to discuss this in showing Fly’s new perspective of life, his free choice and his wisdom.

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