The Outcomes of War: A Study of the Character After the Crisis of War

Authors

  • Zainab Sameer Shakir Al Ma’moun University College, Department of English Language, Baghdad, Iraq.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.36586/jcl.2.2019.0.39.0180

Keywords:

War, Michael Ondaatje, The English Patient, Warfare, Healing.

Abstract

World War II has brought suffering for all people; it has led people to have a nostalgic feeling. The war has many faces all of them are ugly, like death, separation, loneliness, violence, crime, betrayal, and disconnection and many other meanings. Michael Ondaatje in his novel The English Patient (1992) portrays a picture of the effect of World War II on four different characters; Hana a Canadian nurse, The English patient who is Hungarian, Caravaggio a Canadian-Italitan thief, and Kip an Indian sapper. They live together in one house, share their secrets and memories about World War II. Ondaatje brings them together to reveal their secrets and to heal their wounds of the war experience.

Author Biography

  • Zainab Sameer Shakir, Al Ma’moun University College, Department of English Language, Baghdad, Iraq.
    Assis. Instructor: Zainab Sameer Shakir MA degree Educated from: College of Arts/ University of Baghdad Department of English Language Place of work: Department of English Language Al Mamoon University College

    Email: [email protected]

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Published

2019-01-02

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Section

Department of English language

How to Cite

The Outcomes of War: A Study of the Character After the Crisis of War. (2019). Journal of the College of Languages (JCL), 39, 180-191. https://doi.org/10.36586/jcl.2.2019.0.39.0180

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