Psycho- Analytical perspective of “The Shadow Lines” by Amitav Ghosh

Abstract

The paper tries to bring out that the psyche actually has its own laws to work with. Out of these regulations, the entire perspective is around the still up in the air. The chosen novel, Amitav Ghosh's The Shadow Lines (1988) is a fine example for this. The novel explains the psychology of its own society and how it gives this country its own status as superior or inferior to other nations. In order to demonstrate that the psychology of the individual is a model of the psychology of his or her own nation, as well as how this psychological formula not only identifies or determines its nation's position but can also change it. It investigates the novel from South Asian and American fiction. The examination utilizes the Jungian hypothesis to demonstrate the job of the complex of mediocrity inside South Asian countries in enabling them to become among the best nations all around the world after lengthy times of occupation and wars. On the opposite side, the exploration will in general demonstrate the negative job of the complex of prevalence inside the American country which could prompt their downfall.