Abstract
Exit West by Mohsin Hamid propagates the reflection of a war-torn city and subsequent challenges faced by two asylum seekers. But sexual fluidity may appear as another key concern of the novel. This paper analyses the traits of sexual fluidity in Nadia, one of the protagonists of the novel experimenting her situation-dependent flexibility in sexual responsiveness. Nadia, in the beginning, is though found as a heterosexual adult girl, over time she becomes sexually fluid. Again, in the last phase of her life, she returns to meet Saeed, her first noteworthy lover with whom she shares the most crucial part of her life in home and abroad. This shifting of sexual attraction elevates questions about her sex/sexual preference broadly considering the concept of nonexclusive attractions and behaviours. Finally the paper comes to a decision how different concepts of sexuality are motivated by cultural, biological, and psychological constructs.
Highlights
Exit West (2017) is a novel concerned about militancy, migration and slashed reality
Son of a university professor seems secular and falls in love with Nadia probably for her nonconformist attributes. Their city possibly situated in Pakistan starts filling with refugees
After the death of Saeed’s mother because of a severe militant attack, Saeed and Nadia through a magical door moves to Europe and reach at Mykonos at first, in London and after that in San Francisco
Summary
Exit West (2017) is a novel concerned about militancy, migration and slashed reality. After the death of Saeed’s mother because of a severe militant attack, Saeed and Nadia through a magical door moves to Europe and reach at Mykonos at first, in London and after that in San Francisco. They experience their relationship’s ups and downs in the meantime. Sexual fluidity as a natural norm, the research work investigates its impact on the behavior of sexually fluid people It aims to place the state of the sexually fluid people in a society in the light of Exit West. How sexual fluidity and non-exclusive attractions and behaviours are so related to Nadia’s attitude is discussed in the paper
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