A critical analysis of the techniques used to convey the author's message in "In the Skin of a Lion" by Michael Ondaatje. Keywords: immigrants, immigration, Marxism

Analyzes "In the Skin of a Lion" by Michael Ondaatje. Describes how any critical reading of a text will be strengthened by a knowledge of how the text could be valued by readers in differing contexts. Describes how a critical understanding of the text has been strengthened by at least two different readings.