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Abstract
The present dissertation has analyzed “We” and “The Other” in Tom Paine’s The Pear of Kuwait: A Novel of the Gulf War via spotlighting literary and linguistic discourse as manifest in the novel under consideration. It has spotlighted the clash of civilizations as it manifests itself in the discrepancy between “We” and “the other” as representatives of western civilization and other less advanced ones respectively. It has hammered upon the unfair depiction of “The Other” by the United States of America and the West. It has become habitual on their part to portray the East, Kuwait included, in this discriminatory tone, thus drawing the borderline between them and us, between the West and the East, between the developed world and the developing and underdeveloped world, between the technology manufacturers and the technology users, among others. Moreover, economic globalization has led the manipulation of the wealth of the Middle East Region and Africa. The idea of the “Us” protecting and guaranteeing democracy and freedom for “The Other” has motivated the USA and the West to wage war in the region; the major purpose is entirely different from this declared objective: achieving the economic and strategic objectives of American Foreign interests. The dissertation has investigated the clash between “We” and “The Other” in Paine’s The Pearl of Kuwait from a literary perspective, the constituents of linguistic discourse as manifestations of “We” and “The Other” in this novel. Finally, the experience from occupation to liberation has been assessed.