A Psychoanalytical Study and Feminine Sensibility in Anita Desai's “Where Shall We Go This Summer?”

Abstract

A well-known Indo-English author is Anita Desai. She has given English fiction a fresh idea that is the analysis of the human mind. Her major goal is to reveal the human mind's inner workings layer by layer. She is captivated by her characters' psychological lives. The protagonist, Sita, in the novel ‘Where Shall We Go This Summer?’ analyse her psyche and feminine sensitivity. The paper seeks to analyse the novel in order to identify examples of feminine sensitivity in Sita's life. The paper aims to highlight the marital discord between Raman and Sita. The major goal of this essay is to demonstrate how Sita's loneliness and subsequent decision to distance herself from her family and society are caused by feminine sensitivity, marital discord, family relationships, and sociocultural environment. Finally, to illustrate how Sita flees the big city for an island after becoming the victim of psychological chaos.