"Any critical reading of a text will be enhanced by knowledge of how a text is appreciated by readers in different contexts." Discuss this statement and show how your critical understanding of the text has been strengthened by at least two different readings. In the Skin of a Lion by Michael Ondaatje is a text that takes on new meaning when viewed from different angles. Readers approach the text with their own background and experience, which influences their perception and interpretation of the novel. Two such interpretations are the post-modern and post-colonial readings of In the Skin of a Lion. These two readings give more dimension to the text, and with the awareness that this novel can be interpreted in many ways, the reader's understanding is strengthened and deepened. Post-modernism, the absence of any certainty, discredits the values ​​of modernism, opposing fixed values. principles of meaning and value. She draws on countless theories about society, media, and knowledge of the world, but she is also aware that there is no ultimate way to make sense of humanity. Ondaatje embraces aspects of post-modernism by creating a novel that breaks from the traditional narrative, thus giving readers a greater perspective on the novel. We learn that every story is simply the construction of a storyteller and is never impartial. In the Skin of a Lion is a self-reflection - it disrupts the reading process to explore one's own textual nature. Ondaatje breaks the illusion of reality and engages the reader in the process of creating the meaning of the text, rather than simply allowing them to receive it. The respondent becomes a producer rather than simply a consumer. "Only the best art can order the chaos of events. Only the best can realign chaos to suggest both the chaos and the order it will become." Here, Ondaatje uses the device of intrusion, where an author directly comments on his novel, telling readers to be patient and wait for the intentional disarray to return to its natural order. This “chaos” is also created by the use of the frame. - a story within a story. Towards the conclusion of the novel, the corners of the story are brought together and readers can close the frame that summarizes the inner story. The car ride is the result of Ondaatje's ability to transcend time and space - the story ends at the beginning of the novel and begins at the end, as if Patrick had told his story not only to the girl Hana, but ultimately to the readers..