At the same time, in the midst of all this devastation arises a hope for tangible human connection through marriage.ĭiegetic events establish the pace of the story and set the narrative in motion-like Mr. The novel unfolds a temporally complex narrative of how trauma permeates physical, emotional, mental and linguistic states. This introduction jars the reader into the devastation present in the daily life within a refugee camp, made even more disorienting by the apparent acceptance of their situation.
As Dinesh carries the boy, he appears be to desensitized to the trauma of the situation. The narrative opens with a focalized view of the dangling arm of a six-year-old boy hit by shrapnel. Along the way he grapples with the possibility of living beyond simply existing in his present condition.
A man offered Dinesh his daughter’s hand in marriage, forcing Dinesh to consider what he wants from his life. Over the course of a single day and night, an alienated Dinesh is presented with an opportunity to reconnect to the world within his Sri Lankan Tamil refugee camp. The following version of this book was used for the creation of this study guide: Arudpragasam, Anuk.
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