... . He has no purpose in life; he just searches. The thing that he is looking for is light. This ambiguous concept of light Ondaatje presents throughout the novel is not ordinary light, but one that illuminates the void of darkness. Just like the moths that Patrick is intrigued by that only tend toward light at night, Patrick only seeks light when ... readings allows one to approach the novel In the Skin of a Lion with an understanding that there are as many readers, as there are responders, making it a text worth critical analysis. User Comments Historical Obliviousness in Michael Ondaatj...

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