RECLAIMING THE SACRED: THE MYTHIC IMAGINATION IN AMITAV GHOSHS GUN ISLAND

Amitav Ghoshs Gun Island intricately weaves myth with contemporayissues of climate change, migration and globalization. Ghosh employmyth not as mere ornamentation but as a narrative framework that connects the ancient with the modern, emphasizing the cyclical relationship between human actions and environmental consequences. Through myth, Ghosh presents the Anthropocene as a continuation of age-old struggles between humans and nature, suggesting that environmental disasters are moral and spiritual reckonings rather than random occurrences. The mythical elements also serve to dismantle the binaries between the real and the supernatural, the human and the nonhuman, highlighting how divine and ecological forces shape human destiny. The reimagined legend becomes a metaphor for displacement and migration, reflecting the contemporary global crisis of refugees driven by climate change and economic instability. By linking mythic journeys with modern voyages across continents, Ghosh demonstrates how stories can preserve collective memory and offer ethical insights for the future. Thus, myth becomes both a storytelling device and a medium of ecological and moral awakening.