• G.YOUVENIYA

Humanism tends to transcend all hard emotions. It promotes brotherly affection despite of all differences like caste, creed and even nationality. The paper aims to portray the confluence of nationalities on the base of humanism. Michael Philip Ondaatje has sketched the novel The English Patient on the dire canvas of Second World War. The magnetic force of humanism had attracted all human beings to the life of promising future despite of the nationality, ethnicity and creed. The current COVID 19 pandemic – a supposed bio-war - has brought to limelight the humanistic concerns of medical professionals, especially nurses. The job of nurses’ demand utmost dedication and sacrifice but the society fails to acknowledge their sacrifice. This paper is intended to explore the humanistic overture of a nurse - Hana, whose sole decision on the basis of humanism marks the confluence of characters from different nationality that sets the foray of the novel The English Patient.

HUMANISM ,BIO-WAR,NATIONALITY, VIOLENCE , UNIVERSALITY

"Confluence of Nationalities in Michael Ondaatje’s The English Patient", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 1, page no.451-456, January-2021, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2101060.pdf

"Confluence of Nationalities in Michael Ondaatje’s The English Patient", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 1, page no. pp451-456, January-2021, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2101060.pdf