Exploring Trauma And Resilience In Easterine Kire’s Mari: A Literary Analysis

Abstract

Mari (2010) is the historical work of Easterine Kire, it explains the main protagonist's life, Mari. It captures her life in love and loss during World War II and the Japanese invasion. This explores the personal life of Naga women and it reflects the trauma of the Naga community. This paper examines the life of the Naga community pre-war and post-war in Kohima. This paper mainly focuses on how Mari fell into trauma, and how it became resilience in her life. This paper analyses the life of Mari and the Naga people. This novel Mari is set up as a love story in wartime. It was originally written in the form of a diary. Mari had a habit of registering every event in her life in the time of war. It explores the protagonist's pain, grief, and struggles eventually overcoming all those war years and starting a new life with a bright hope for a better tomorrow.