Alienation in the Novel: " In Search of Walid Masoud" by Jabra Ibrahim Jabra

Alienation، a multi-aspects phenomenon is as old as human life. The scope of this phenomenon spans the romantic alienation، yearning for the childhood and village، to psychological estrangement as a result of escape from self or political and social situation. In the recent era، the Palestinians، more than any other nation، have been suffering from alienation، due to the confrontation with crises such as dispersion، homelessness and fear of colonialism and economic or political pressures. Jabra Ibrahim Jabra the Palestinian writer، poet and critic، who felt the pain of his compatriots، gives a plain picture of the concept in his works and mostly in his romans.” In Search of Walid Masoud” one of his most famous stories، dramatically reflects the estrangement in its various individual، social and cultural aspects، specially through its usage of dramatic and internal monologue and the stream of consciousness. Using this method allows the characters to express their thoughts and so reflect their feeling of alienation.