Her refusal to return to Bangladesh with her husband and her ice-skating at the end of thenovel show her acceptance of the new culture.Monica Ali's novel suggests that migration of the women characters to foreign lands can be a source ofachieving freedom for them.Even though the novel encourages women to come out of theirsuffocating surroundings and have a positive engagement with the outside world, Monica Ali, according to Mohamed Noufal,seems to befalling into the trap of being an accomplice for the western feminist discourse on women in thethird world (449). After her marriage, Nazneen goes toLondon where she has to face a lot of challenges in order to attain her eventual emancipation.It is in this novel that Monica Ali narrates the success of a third world woman in a Western country who managed to overcome the constraints of the cross-cultural sieges. The Search for Agency Brick Laneis a fascinating novel that reflects the life of a diasporic community and that can be read from many dimensions.It narrates the story of Nazneen, a young Bangladeshi woman who was married to a middle-aged man, Chanu, in an arranged marriage.

My attempt here is to explore the numerous threads and ramifications that Monica Ali wove in her novel to emancipate her protagonist. It is in this novel that Monica Ali depicts the life of ‗unspoilt' village girl and how she strove to gain independence and claim her own agency. The novel addresses several issues that face the Bangladeshi diaspora, shedding light on their life styles, work patterns, faith, and even their reaction to 9/11.However, Monica Ali's central focus is on Nazneen, the protagonist, and her personal development. Brick Laneis a fascinating novel written by a Bangladeshi writer, Monica Ali, in 2003.It is one of the few novels that delve deep into the lives of the Bangladeshi community in London.

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