• Dr. ASHISH GUPTA

The Strange Case of Billy Biswas is the only novel of Arun Joshi which creates an aesthetic sign of the mythical morality of a tribal world against the sterility of contemporary technological mechanics of human values. Billy Biswas is ‘strange’ because he does not fit into the accepted norm of the 'civilized' society and Billy finds himself motivated enough to rebel and break its shackles to join a world that is far removed from the everyday reality of his former world. Joshi's novel argues the torments of life of Billy Biswas, the protagonist. His shift from the civilized life to the tribal life of savage marks the strong desire and attraction to the world of tribal culture and beauty. To Billy, it is not an escape from the realities of life but an escape into real life from the meaningless existence in the so-called civilized world. Hence it is a metaphoric novel which depicts so called civilized world with its hollowness against uncivilized tribal world with its simplicity.

metaphor, rebel, shift, civilized, tribal life, civilized and uncivilized

"The Strange Case of Billy Biswas : A Metaphorical Study of Civilized Vs. Uncivilized World", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 5, page no.e384-e390, May-2021, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2105592.pdf

"The Strange Case of Billy Biswas : A Metaphorical Study of Civilized Vs. Uncivilized World", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 5, page no. ppe384-e390, May-2021, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2105592.pdf