Anarchy and Hierarchy in V.S. Naipaul’s “Magic Seeds”

Abstract

Magic Seeds, is a work of fiction, and it is a reflection of the real world. The value judgments in a society only return to their starting point if they change with the reconstruction of a given society. This is how Magic Seeds works. As a work of fiction, Magic Seeds is also an allegory for India's past, in which value judgments can only be restored to their original state when they are reformed in accordance with the reshaping that society underwent. Joining the guerilla group offers Willie, who is looking for a place to call his own, the answers he seeks. However, he must now contend with the spectre of his past, from which he will never be free. Through the novel Magic Seeds, this paper explains how anarchism, and the need for order are all always evolving. In the 1960s