Homi Bhabha Character Analysis

Homi Bhabha is a literary critic, writer, and scholar. He is a renowned figure in contemporary postcolonial studies. In his interview, he meditates on the ambiguous quality of the twilight hour. Bhabha argues that twilight requires a person to “interpret more,” since its light produces a “fuzziness” that makes it difficult to discern the boundaries of distinct shapes. He believes that twilight makes a person “aware / of how [they] are projecting onto the event itself.” In contrast, he describes how daylight provides certainty and “clarity,” and requires a person only to “react to it” rather than consciously having to understand it. Bhabha’s poetic musings resonate within the book’s broader theme of the collective consciousness needed to transcend racial tension.