... 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. It also reveals Patrick ... makes subtle but explicit comments on historical oblivion to individuals and their stories. History is implicitly considered as a master narrative that allows no space to articulate local narratives and to account for the richness, variety and complexity of human experience. To counterbalance the ...

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... son's body" and "stretching out her wrinkled hand" and for the love of her son; She shows commitment to love him always and to avenge him. "Don't worry, my boy,. My poor child. I will avenge you. Do you hear me? It's your mother's promise, and your mother always keeps her word, you know that". Her trust in God ... to her owner. Frisky howls and sits and looks at the death bed of Antoine as the dog learns what has happened to her past owner. "And howled into space. Since her master's death, she often howled in this way, as if calling him. She would not be comforted, as if her animal soul a...

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