The Theme of Alienation in D’Arcy McNickle’s The Surrounded

Alienation is one of the major studied themes in Modern Native American Indian Literature.The clash of cultures is the determining force that alienates the American Indian from thewhite and Indian worlds. In D’Arcy McNickle’s first novel The Surrounded, published in1936, the main characters are victimized by the white society; they are caught between twodifferent cultures and are often unable to resolve this conflict. This paper analyzes D’ArcyMcNickle’s novel and throws light on alienation in a context specific approach. The dynamicsof specific situations will be captured in order to determine alienation in the novel