![]() ![]() The readers soon realize that Amitav Ghosh’s economy of words when it comes to giving Fokir dialogue serves to make the numbered things he says all the more important. The significance is not lost on us because ‘Lusibari’ is the place where all the primary characters of the novel meet and steer the plot of the novel into Part Two. ‘Lusibari’ is also the last word that the readers hear him speak in Part One. The first word we hear Fokir speak is ‘Lusibari’, assuring Pia that Lusibari is, indeed, the island he is taking her to. Most of his dialogues consist of one word, but in almost every case, one word is enough for both Pia and the readers to understand his intent and the message he is trying to convey. Part One of the novel, entitled ‘The Ebb: Bhata’, gives us only nine instances where we hear Fokir’s voice. The strength and morality of his character are immediately established as we see him risk his own life to pull her out of the tumultuous depths. We first hear Fokir’s voice after he rescues Pia from drowning in a river near Canning. ![]()
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