“Home is where children find safety and security, where we find our identities, where citizenship starts. It usually starts with believing you're part of a community, and that is essential to having a stable home” (Matthew Desmond) In Michael Ondaatje’s Anil’s Ghost the plot revolves mainly around Anil’s relationship to her original home, Sri Lanka.
Anil’s relationship to Sri Lanka, her original home, greatly influences the plot of Ondaatje’s novel. When Anil firs returns to her original home in Sri Lanka after 15 years of absence, she has a lost connection to her original home in Sri Lanka. Anil, additionally, seems to have what appears to be a lost sense of her own identity. Ondaatje does not introduce Anil to the readers entirely when Anil first arrives to Sri Lanka in order to create a sense of mystery surrounding Anil as well as to ensure that the reader captures the loss of Anil’s identity (Pg. 9-11). By only offering the readers …show more content…
The reader can notice that Anil is stronger than ever after rediscovering her identity and reconnecting with her original home as she speaks. This is proven after Anil refers to the people of her country who are being murdered as “us” (Pg. 272) and when she realizes that she will not be staying in Sri Lanka for much longer (Pg. 283.)
In Michael Ondaatje’s Anil’s Ghost the plot revolves mainly around Anil’s relationship to her original home, Sri Lanka. In the beginning of the novel, the reader is introduced to an Anil that is returning to her original home in Sri Lanka. This Anil is an Anil that has changed in the 15 years that has been away from home. Through flashbacks, memories, and certain scenes from the book the reader can infer that Anil is not who she used to be thus the title of the book. She slowly reconnects to her original home and her identity which ultimately help her close the case of
Anil’s relationship to Sri Lanka, her original home, greatly influences the plot of Ondaatje’s novel. When Anil firs returns to her original home in Sri Lanka after 15 years of absence, she has a lost connection to her original home in Sri Lanka. Anil, additionally, seems to have what appears to be a lost sense of her own identity. Ondaatje does not introduce Anil to the readers entirely when Anil first arrives to Sri Lanka in order to create a sense of mystery surrounding Anil as well as to ensure that the reader captures the loss of Anil’s identity (Pg. 9-11). By only offering the readers …show more content…
The reader can notice that Anil is stronger than ever after rediscovering her identity and reconnecting with her original home as she speaks. This is proven after Anil refers to the people of her country who are being murdered as “us” (Pg. 272) and when she realizes that she will not be staying in Sri Lanka for much longer (Pg. 283.)
In Michael Ondaatje’s Anil’s Ghost the plot revolves mainly around Anil’s relationship to her original home, Sri Lanka. In the beginning of the novel, the reader is introduced to an Anil that is returning to her original home in Sri Lanka. This Anil is an Anil that has changed in the 15 years that has been away from home. Through flashbacks, memories, and certain scenes from the book the reader can infer that Anil is not who she used to be thus the title of the book. She slowly reconnects to her original home and her identity which ultimately help her close the case of