Part one of term paper
In the novel, “,” by Michael Ondaatje, the main character, Patrick Lewis, searches for identity and light. Without these elements, he lacks love and cannot survive the world. A passage in chapter three describes him as a lonely man that is isolated from the world around him. “Clara and Ambrose and Alice and Temelcoff and Cato- this c ...

Part two of term paper
... he couldn’t leap. Something hollow, so when alone, when not aligned with another- whether it was Ambrose or Clara or Alice- he could hear the rattle within that suggested a space between him and community. A gap of love,” (Ondaatje, pg.157) suggests his feelings of separation from his close companions. Patrick Lewis is a lost soul and a searcher on a constant journey. In chapter three, ironically titled, "The Searcher", Patrick is searching for Ambrose Small but that is merely a metaphor f ...