Three Types of Immigrants in Mukherjee's JasmineThe complex journey of immigration and the hardships immigrants endure are common themes in the writings of Bharati Mukherjee. The author, an immigrant herself, attempts to show the darker side of immigration, especially for Hindu women, that is not often represented in other immigration stories. In the novel, Jasmine Mukhedee uses three types of immigrants to show how different the challenges of living in an adopted country can be. Its main immigrant characters fall primarily into three categories: the refugee, the hyphenated immigrant, and the chameleon. The refugee immigrant type is visible in Jasmine's father, Pitaji, as well as the Professodi and his wife, Nirmala. The character Du is representative of the hyphenated immigrant, and the chameleon type of immigrant is that of the novel's main character, Jasmine. In discussing the different types of immigrants the author portrayed in the novel and the importance of names for each type, with a focus on the main character, Jasmine, the immigrant experience will not be seen as a similar generic journey for all. , but rather it is a deeply personal matter that is affected by that person's past life experiences and beliefs. The first type of immigrant, the refugee, is characterized by a burning desire to return to his homeland. Mukherjee explains the difference between an immigrant writer and an immigrant/refugee writer by showing the contrasts between her and another Indian writer, VS Naipaul: Naipaul, who was born in Trinidad because his relatives unintentionally left India to move there install, has different attitudes towards it. . He writes about life in perpetual exile and the impossibility of ever having a home... middle of paper ... elves who are constantly reinventing themselves to adapt to their changing world. By showing how immigrants survive in unique ways, Mukherjee is able to abandon the concept of the generic immigrant and show immigrants as they really are: individuals who do the best they can with the new environment that is imposed on them. Anne. "A Critique of Bharati Mukherjee's Neo-Nationalism" Journal of the South Pacific Association for Commonwealth Literature and Linguistic Studies. July 25!999Carb, Alison. “An Interview with Bharati Mukherjee” The Massachusetts Review v.29 (Winter 1988/1989): 645-654.Mukherjee, Bharati. Jasmine. New York: Fawceft Crest, 1989. Vignisson, Runar. “Bharati Mukherjee: an interview.” Journal of the South Pacific Association for Commonwealth Literature and Lanuae Studies. July 25!999.