Psychosocial Analysis in Richard Wright’s Savage Holiday

Abstract

Psychosocial analysis determines the relationship between the persons fear and how that relates with the social setting. Psychosocial problems minimises the mental and physical wellness and their functions. In the novel Richard Wright’s Savage Holiday an extreme exclusion and helpless state induce a person to be affected mentally and push to an unbalanced stability. Each character in this novel are affected psychologically due to loneliness, social disruption, work environment and social status. All these factors develop psychological problems and lead to show their own aggression towards others. The main objective of this paper is to make the readers understand how the social circumstances affect the life of each character and arouse traumas and conflicts in the story.