“The Atrocious World”: Oppression and Escape of Criminal Characters in Win Lyovarin’s Phumrak Phansing Detective Series
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The research for this article aimed to study the oppression and escape of criminal characters in Khattakamchackkarasi and Khadinonniyai, two novels in Win Lyovarin’s Phumrak Phansing detective series. The study reveals thatthe criminal characters in the stories experience various violent physical and mental oppression. Such oppression causes the characters to develop escape behaviors resulting in attempts to create new identities to survive in “The Atrocious World.” The way these characters escape reality by creating new identities is the beginnings of their psychological problems that leads them to use violence as a way to counterattack society and finally become criminals. Consequently, Khattakamchackkarasi and Khadinonniyai is not only fiction that entertains readers, but also represents a platform for criticizing society, which is a major cause of criminal problems.
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