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''The Dragon Can't Dance'' is a 1979 novel by Trinidadian author Earl Lovelace, set in a slum of Port of Spain. The novel centers on the life of Aldrick Prospect, a man who spends the entire year recreating his dragon costume for Carnival. Aldrick's interactions with other people who live in his neighbourhood (including Fisheye, a local hoodlum, and Pariag, a rural Indian who moves to the city to get away from his familial heritage) form the backdrop for their individual struggles for self-definition in a society dominated by its racial divisions and colonial legacies. The story culminates when Aldrick and Fisheye, along with a small number of followers, hijack a police van and take two police officers hostage. The events surrounding the hostage-taking, and the aftermath of the event lead the reader on a journey through the colonial psyche, and expose the deep seated problems of a society that still has not reconciled itself with its colonial past and racial divisions. ==Characters== *Aldrick, main protagonist, embodies "the dragon" *Sylvia, love interest of the Hill, represents youth and sexuality * Belasco "Fisheye" John, the "bad-john" of the Hill *Pariag, the Indian, represents racial discrimination and exclusion *Philo, original member of the Band, becomes a rich Calypso singer *Ms. Cleothilda, "Queen" of the hill, Philo's love interest *Ms. Olive, Sylvia's mother *Mr. Guy, Sylvia's boyfriend *Dolly, Pariag's wife *Ms. Caroline 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Dragon Can't Dance」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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