The portrayal of the doctor character in Yusuf Dawood's off my chest and no strings attached

Abstract

The prime concern of this project is to give critical attention to the portrayal of the doctor character in Yusuf Dawood's Off My Chest and No Strings Attached. The works are a depiction of the world of the doctor within the environment he understands best: the hospital. There is a great difference between how people live and how people ought to live. In cognition of this the study delves into the explicit and implicit world of the doctor as revealed in the autobiographical work. The assumption is that the emerging portrait is that of a profession whose nobility and glamour has been tainted by forces beyond an individual's control. The study recognizes Dawood's attempts to create a better world and a better physician through whom the nobility of medicine is upheld, who escapes the drudgery of everyday existence to a glamorous life within and as a result of the profession. A profound belief lrr men's potential to do good contributes significantly to the positive portrayal of the characters. Adopting a thematic approach the sociological theory is found relevant since the individual and the society remain at the core of the study. Writing within an African context, the study is further enriched by the postcolonial literary theory.