Atefeh Lieaghat - Ph.D. in English LiteratureFreelance Researcher

The present study attempts to carry out the idea of freedom in selected works from the short stories collection under the tittle Unaccustomed Earth (۲۰۰۸) by Jhumpa Lahiri. Based on this, the upcoming research tries to take a close look at the selected stories of this collection and examine it from view point of the prominent Irish philosopher Philip Noel Pettit (۱۹۴۵- ) in the theory of freedom. Regarding, Unaccustomed Earth is another Lahiri’s short stories collection that consists of two parts. The collection depicts the lives of Bengali-American characters who handle their mixed culture. Also, the characters try to find their freedom in the two different cultures. In this collection, Lahiri describes the lives of people who try to create an identity in the host country. The people who maintain and improve their identity as they wish. Besides, this collection of stories contains the life stories of immigrants who try to preserve their lost identities and freedoms in another country to show their true personalities. With reference to, this study tries to show how Lahiri’s character afford to remove slavery bond to reach freedom according to Pettit theory of freedom.

Freedom, Identity, Pettit, Lahiri, Immigrant