Character portrayal of Gun Island

1. Character
portrayal of
Gun Island
by Amitav
Ghosh
• Name: Panchasara Jignesh k.
• Roll no: 8
• Enrollment No:3069206420200013
• Paper 207: Contemporary Literatures
in English
• Batch: 2020-2022
• Email: jigneshpanchasara5758@gmail
.com
• Submitted To: S.B. Gardi Department
of English MKBU

2. Amitav Ghosh
• Born : 11th July, 1956 (age 65) in Calcutta,
West Bengal, India
• Grew up : India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.
• Study : Delhi, Oxford and Alexandria.
• Occupation : Writer
• Nationality : Indian
• Notable Awards : Jnanpith Award(2018),
Sahitya Akademi Award(1989),
Ananda Puraskar(1990), Dan David
Prize(2010), Padma Shri(2007)

3. Quotes
• “... there was a land of sugar, where
everything was sweet; and also a
country made of cloth, and an
island of chains.”
― Amitav Ghosh, Gun Island

4. Key facts
• Title: Gun Island
• Author: Amitav Ghosh
• Published: 2019
• Literary Period: Contemporary
• Genre: Historical Fiction
• Point of View : First-person
Narration
• Pages : 289

5. Major Characters of Gun Island
Dinanath Dutta (Deen) Giacinta Schiavon (Cinta) Piyali Roy (Piya)
Rare Book Dealer Researcher, Professor, Venice American Girl
Protagonist or Narrator Research on Dolphin
Born in Calcutta
Works in New York

6. Continue…
Tutul (Tipu)
Americanised young
fellow, good with
dealing technology
Rafi
Caretaker of the
shrine,
Grandson of Majhi,
Migration to Venice

7. Minor Characters
Kanai ( Friend of
Deen)
Nilima Bose (Aunt of Kanai)
Moyna (piya’s Friend and helping
her on Research)
Horen Naskar (Boat man)
Durga (Lover of Deen) Lisa ( Piya’s roommate of College) Gisella ( Niece of Cinta) Imma (Gisella’s Partner)
Lubna Khala (Lady From
Bangladesh)
Munir(Husband of Lubna)
Bilal ( Working Under Lubna &
Roommate of Rafi)

8. Continue..
Majhi -Muslim Man, Care taker of shrine
Lucia - Daughter of Cinta
Alice - Cinta’s Mother
Fozlul Hogue Chowdhary (Palash) - Working under Lubna
khala
Larry - Research on Spider
Marco - Watchman
Sandro di Vigonovo - Admiral In Europe
Fokir - Tipu’s father

9. Mythical Characters
Mansa Devi -Goddess of
Snake
Gun Merchant-Atheistic Person
Ilyas -Captain
Ambrosio Bembo- Traveller

10. Works cited
“Amitav Ghosh.” 2011, Amitav Ghosh - Official Website,
https://www.amitavghosh.com/.
"Gun Island Quotes By Amitav Ghosh". Goodreads.Com, 2022,
https://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/66156716-gun-island.
Keswani, Pallavi. “Amitav Ghosh Conferred Jnanpith Award.” The Hindu, The
Hindu, 13 June 2019, https://www.thehindu.com/books/books-authors/amitav-
ghosh-conferred-jnanpith-award/article27892765.ece.

11. Thanks