Anil's Ghost Sparknotes

Anil’s ghost is set on the mindset that political war makes a country unsafe for everyone. As UN workers they are obligated to some rights that countries can’t do to them. As you can tell throughout the novel that this book as a whole is very dark but realistic in a way that few books can accomplish. Not only does this book show the darkness of political war but it shows the trauma and psychological side of it that can tear people apart. Anil’s Ghost reflects on the dark and unsettling idea that no matter what you fix and change, the political war in the history of Sri Lanka was this dark time period that changed them forever. Sen supports Anil’s Ghost in his writing Identity and Violence that political war can only succeed based on the support of the people. “ Violence is fomented by the imposition of singular and belligerent identities on gullible people, championed by proficient artisans of terror” (Sen 2). Sen argues that this quote that violence is formed by the government for political power but is acted
The British applied this tactic to undermine the people into rebelling against each other rather than rebel against the government who controlled them. The people were to ignorant to see who their real enemy was because they were to busy being controlled by fear and trauma. This brutal tactic of control allowed the British government to ultimately control all of India by supporting the one strongest faction of the war torn country. By tearing up the entire country into weaker factions created a massive distrust ultimately making is easier to manipulate and dominate India. As in India we see the British divide and rule policy throughout Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka was broken up into 3 factions of people, the LTTE Tamil separatist guerillas, the Sri Lankan government (sinhala), and the JVP anti government