Who knows who really he/she is? It is a question that nobody dares to ask for fear of finding no adequate answer. In a world devastated by lust, creed, cruelty, and hatred, the protagonists of the indicated novels under study are caught in a permanent quest about their self and their role in their respective societies. Both men and women, white and black or hispanics are prone to the same social pressures and discrimination from which escape is not tomorrow.