IMPORTANT QUESTION OF MEG-08 Block-5 A House for Mr. Biswas V.S. Naipaul

Question. How did he get a job with the Trinidad Sentinel? What difference did it make to his status in the family? How far can this be compared to Seepersad Naipaul’s journalistic career?

Question. Do you think that the house on Sikkim Street is the ideal house Mr Biswas had been looking for? Give reasons for your answer.

Question. Write a note on V.S.Naipaul’s early Iife in Trinidad and London, substantiating it with comments made by him in his books.

Question. Write a brief note on nineteenth century migration with special reference to indentured immigrants in Trinidad.

Question. Mr. Mohun Biswas is a character based on V.S. Naipaul’s own father. Substantiate with reference to A House for Mr. Biswas and other texts that have been cited in this unit.