Stream of Consciousness in Monica Ali's in the Kitchen

Abstract

In this paper, I have said about the stream of consciousness technique which is fully expressed through the characters like Gabriel, Lena, Nana and his father in Monica Ali's In the Kitchen. All these characters are recollecting the multitudinous thoughts and feelings, favourable or unfavourable incidences throughout their life. Gabriel Lightfoot a forty-two year old man working as a  Northern English Executive Chef in the Imperial Hotel of London, who always searches his identity crisis and sketches to begin an own restaurant in London. Lena always prostitutes with men for money. Nana his powerless grandmother, always seems to be his well wisher. Also the novel discovers the unsatisfied tummy life of cooking people in London Hotel. Though Gabriel has attraction to women, he undergoes many risks for the sake of family, mentally and physically. After understanding the value of true love, he adores to devote his life for his family. Moreover we can recognize her incomplete success, since Ali has not undertaken any diverse themes, styles, techniques and characters which are flexible only to certain situation while comparing with her previous novels.