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