In the novel “The Buddha of Suburbia” by Hanif Kureishi the protagonist Karim Amir, a seventeen- year- old boy, who grew up in South London suburbs. After his parents get divorced, he travels to different places and encounters different people. During his exploration of life, he grows up from being an immature and indecisive boy to become a mature man. Throughout his journey to explore the coming of age, Karim is not able to escape from being socially positioned as a man and being masculine and responsible.
Karim cannot decide whether to be homosexual or heterosexual and finally he becomes a normal man. At the beginning of the story, Karim has many experiences with both males and females. He thinks that “it would be heartbreaking to have to choose one over the other [genders], like having to decide between the Beatles and the Rolling Stones”. (55) He is confused about his sexual orientation and his gender since he likes both men and women. At such a young stage in life,......

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Title: Buddha Of Suburbia
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