奈保尔在《浮生》中把成长、追寻主题和后殖民主题杂糅交织在一起。小说描绘了主人公威利畸形错位的身世、教育等使他迷失了自我;在自身境遇和他人的驱动下,威利在不完整的世界中被动地寻找自我的位置,但从来没有真正进入生活。最终威利在其封笔之作《魔种》中逐渐成长成熟,真正学会面对世界、面对自己,开始真正走进生活。另外,奈保尔为主人公设置了后殖民背景,使小说的主题延展到了后殖民语境中。这一写作策略把成长主题和后殖民主题有机地结合起来。 Naipaul intertwined growth, the pursuit of the theme, and the post-colonial theme in The Bliss. The novel portrays the deformity and malformation of the hero Willy and his loss of self in education. In his own situation and driven by others, Willy passively looks for his place in an incomplete world, but never really enters the life. In the end, Willie gradually grew up in his pen “Magic Species” and truly learned to face the world and face himself and started to truly walk into life. In addition, Naipaul sets the post-colonial background for the protagonist and extends the theme of the novel to the post-colonial context. This writing strategy organically combines the growth theme with the postcolonial theme.