Abstract

This study formulated mathematical equations to depict the complicated situations faced by representative characters in Bessie Head’s A Question of Power, Shannon Ahmad’s No Harvest But A Thorn, F. Sionil Jose’s Ermita, Elechi Amadi’s The Great Ponds, Chinua Achebe’s No Longer at Ease, and S. Arundhati Roy’s God of Small Things. The researcher made use of the descriptive-analytical research design to explicate and interpret data from the novels. The analysis was facilitated by Kurt Lewin’s Field Theory, expressed in symbolic terms, B = f (P, E) whereas; behavior (B) is the function of both the person (P) and the environment (E). The study concluded that the situations of the characters could be explained using mathematical equations. In the context, the characters experienced extreme trial; and the issue of survival and fatalism were apparent in their lives. Notably, they held on to their beliefs in the influence of religion despite the suffering. The study claimed the need of people to satisfy needs, hence offered some practical recommendations in varying propensities

Keywords

Afro-Asian Literature, Mathematical Equations, Field Theory, Mathematics in Literature, Behavior of Characters, Psychology in Literature