A dissertation submetted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degre of "Licence en Langue et Littérature anglaises"

Through the study of george Lamming's in the castle of my skin, this work examines whether a revolution due to extremes of poverty where some people are extremely rich is possible and can bring abaout positive results. The work tackles on the fact that people in Creighton's village have been on the service of the colonial master so as to maintain the exploitation of the man of color. It is written against the background of the marxist framework since it it proves that the overthrowing of an old system through a revolution gives place to a new system which does not resolve the pre-existing problems. On the contrary, as far as the new system of authorities sets in, the situation becomes worse and more complicated. The research concludes that the reason why it is difficult to have a positive change through a revolution is because every person is born with an innate desire of exploitation. The access to power is an opportunity to satisfy that desire. In addition, most people who are chosen as leaders are chosen because they are judged as having good and admirable distinctive behavior. However, these ones are chosen without being known. People only take into account what can be seen or heard about someone but it is difficult to know what is hidden beyond that. The solution is that of calling for postcolonial members of a community to undergo a rebirth in trying to act according to moral standards at any time and trying to make the world better than one has found it. In that case, people will be capable of transforming the word positvely and will no longer be a need of revolution.