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A 3 page book review of Anil’s Ghost by Michael Ondaatje, which is a novel that explores the reality or “truth” of terrorism on multiple levels. While various characters take center-stage in the narrative, it can be argued that the central figure of the novel is the ghost of one of the many victims of politically inspired terrorism, Ruwan Kumara, a man thought to be a rebel sympathizer, who was abducted from his village and murdered. The writer explores this and other themes. No additional sources cited.
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be argued that the central figure of the novel is the ghost of one of the many victims of politically inspired terrorism, Ruwan Kumara, a man thought to be a
rebel sympathizer, who was abducted from his village and murdered. Anil Tissera, a forensic anthropologist and Sri Lanka native, is sent by a civil rights organization back to her
home country to investigate human rights abuses. She is assigned to work with anthropologist Sarath Diyasena, a scientist who seems more concerned with history than contemporary political unrest. They find
a modern skeleton among ancient ones at a restricted government site, which is Kamaras, and with the help of Saraths brother Gamini, they begin to piece together the story of
this victim. Gamini comments on in films on Third World countries, the ending is always the same, with the Westerner going home. "He looks out of the window
at Momhasa, or Vietnam or Jakarta...a tired hero...Hes going home. So the war, to all purposes, is over" (Ondaatje 285-86). Paralleling Gaminis remarks, Anil has to leave Ski Lanka after
seven weeks and the Diyasena brothers become the novels main focus. However, she leaves with evidence of governmental wrongdoing supplied by Sarath, which means that both she and Sarath have
confronted some of the obstacles that define their personal an public lives. Anil has come to terms with her identity as a Sri Lankan and reconnected with her ties to
her homeland. Sarath has returned from the refuge of his detached academic attitude toward his country and, in assisting Anil, has taken a courageous step. As this suggests, Saraths
story becomes central to the novel. Sarath "as an archaeologist, believes in "truth as a principle," and Ondaatje makes it clear that Sarath believes in truth to the point that
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