Gun Island - Amitav Ghosh This blog is a task given by Dr. Dilipsir Barad as part of our academic exploration of literature. This blog focuses on Amitav Ghosh’s Gun Island and how it represents climate change through myths, folklore, and interconnected stories. This infographic explains Amitav Ghosh’s view that climate change is difficult to represent in modern literature because most novels depend on realism, which cannot capture the strange, unpredictable, and overwhelming nature of the climate crisis. It shows that the roots of this crisis are not only environmental but also historical and political, especially linked to colonialism and imperialism, which ignored indigenous knowledge and created vulnerable societies. Ghosh argues that blaming capitalism alone is not enough; imperial history must also be acknowledged. As a solution, the infographic highlights Ghosh’s belief that writers must move beyond strict realism and use myths, folklore, and the uncanny ...