Part one of term paper
From the war-torn wastelands of Europe to the exotic Cairo, The English Patient, is a reader's delight. This novel set in the twilight stages of the Second World War was created by Michael Ondaatje. Amongst Caravaggio, Hanna, Almasy and other minor characters, Kip is the only coloured character in the cast. Almasy, is the sick patient while H ...

Part two of term paper
... Almasy and the fate of his love in face of the war, Ondaatje, an East Asian, glorifies Kip (an East Indian), as the ideal male while chastening the Caucasian race. Born in a family of tradition and values, Kirpal was the second child. The family customs dictated the first son to join the army, while the second would become a doctor and the third, a businessman (Ondaatje,1992). "He was the second son. The oldest son would go into the army, the next brother would be a doctor, a brother after that ...