AN ECOCRITICAL TEXTUAL STUDY OF SHAMSIE’S HOME FIRE (2017)

Abstract

The 21st century began with its own set of challenges for the entire world, but it soon engulfed the world in a war and a state of confusion unlike any before. The world was caught in a fight, both conscious and unconscious, and clearly against conventional and hybrid warfare, leading to an uncountable number of victims. The researcher aims to conduct a thorough textual study of Shamsie’s seventh novel, Home Fire (2017), to elaborate on the notion that the concept of environment is not limited to the bounds of Nature. Human beings play an active role in creating environments in ways that meet their desired goals, and this is mostly practised by nations from the global north. The global south does not have enough resources to be as influential as the global north. The countries of the global south end up paying the price for the fights of other strong nations, as has been the case with Pakistan and other Muslim nations. The study has been conducted by conducting a textual study, keeping in view the concepts of environmental justice, assimilation and Spivak’s notion of subalternity.