Pakistan Languages and Humanities Review July-September, 2022, Vol. 6, No. 3[200-208] P-ISSN 2708-6453 O-ISSN 2708-6461 RESEARCH PAPER Home Boy: A Case of Identity Crises and Transformation Saimaan Ashfaq 1 Aurangzeb* 2 Ahmad Naeem 3 1. Lecturer, Department of English Language and Literature, Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan 2. Lecturer, Department of English Language and Literature, Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan aurangzeb.eng@iub.edu.pk 3. Lecturer, Department of English Language and Literature, Gomal University, Dera Ismail Khan, KP, Pakistan DOI http://doi.org/10.47205/plhr.2022(6-III)17 ABSTRACT Colonial legacy has been very influential in postcolonial literature and its characters always remain under the shadows of painful past. Identity crises is a major concern in Postcolonial literature. South Asian literature especially focuses upon issues of identity, cultural clash, ambivalence and duality of people who have been under foreign rule and still live in a system that perpetuates the colonial ideology. Postcolonial literature doesn’t pose any solution to such ambivalent issues but tries to make individuals and characters reconcile with such issues. This paper deals with suffering, crises and reconciliation of Chuck with his identity issues in H.M. Naqvi’s Home Boy. It also explores the root causes and systematic oppression of neocolonial system that put Chuck into an ambivalent situation and finally he reconciles with his newly found identity. Keywords 9/11, Identity Crises, Postcolonial, Transformation Introduction With the fall of twin towers, the concept of identity becomes a challenge in USA. Especially for the denizens of 3 rd world, whom identity becomes shapeless, was shifted from hybrid identity to “fixity” and question of identity in past, present and future rise in their mind. Identity crises are discussed in several postcolonial literatures. This research paper will present the identity crisis in light of Bhabha, Edward Said’s concepts of Othering and stereotyping in one postcolonial fiction Home Boy by H. M. Naqvi. This research paper will investigate different questions about hybrid identity, religious identity and stereotypical identity. Identity means individual self or the relation of an individual with society or the awareness of sameness with others in society. With the increase of immigration rate and colonization, there was a state of confusion of self (identity). Identity crisis becomes an important discussion in Post-colonial literature. Postcolonial writers are in quest of their identity, who they are? After 9/11, mostly migrated people marginalized in America and question of their identity came into their mind. In Home Boy, Naqvi highlights the issue of identity. While identity has been declared a social construct, it is normally defined within two conceptual frameworks (i.e. Difference and Sameness). The Other is generally the individual who is not the ‘Same’, and these notions are constructs that stem from the notion of difference provided by Lacan, Spivak, Said, etc. in multiple