Interpreting Terrorism: A Study of Political Irony in Ondaatje’s Anil’s Ghost

Abstract

The present dissertation studiesMichael Ondaatje’suse of political irony vis-à-vis the Western brand of justice and human rights in the face of terrorism.The novel,in its narrative structure, violates the Western narrative convention; it deconstructs the Western notion of justice. The study shows that the reversal of the mission of the protagonist, Anil Tissera, signifies that West itself has perpetrated violence, terrorism, and barbarism in the Non Western countries in name of justice and the war against terrorism.