These references all create a sense of journey through language and consciousness that traverses and transcends worlds.Īt first, the people of Gup and Haroun see the Land of Chup and its void of speech as a place antithetical to their own values as a society. Carrol’s novel also appears in the novel’s “Walrus” character and there is even a reference to the Beatles song “I am the Walrus,” found on their Magical Mystery Tour album. In each novel, the meaning and efficacy of language is a slippery slope. For example, Rushdie heavily borrows themes Lewis Carrol’s Through the Looking Glass. Rushdie incorporates a number of popular cultural markers in the novel and combines them with traditional Indian folklore to create a unique imaginary world that is infused with fantastical cultural references from both East and West. In the end, he is able to help save the stories of the Sea and reconcile his relationship with his father.ĭiscuss some of the cultural markers that make the novel unique. Haroun must go through a series of adventures in which he almost fails because of danger and his own weakness. In the case of Haroun, both of these are true. This is usually a return to a homeland or the recovery of a lost love. A hero epic is the story of an individual who goes through great hardships in order to achieve a goal. Rushdie’s novel does follow the basic template of a hero epic.
Sengupta, who is characterized as an accountant and a part of the commercial and industrial rise of the land, does not understand the power or value of story.Ĭan Haroun and the Sea of Stories be classified as a hero epic? Sengupta, who criticizes Rashid for his storytelling. Rushdie judges this transition to be sad because it strips away the culture and tradition of the society. The sadness of Haroun’s Sad City represents the transition of the Indian sub-continent from a land of tradition into a land of commerce and industry.
|1 .In the novel’s opening, why is the Sad City sad? |a The Shah of Blah - The mail coach - The dull lake - An Iff and a Butt - About guppees and chupwalas - The spy's story - Into the twilight strip - Shadow warriors - The dark ship - Haroun's wish - Princess Batcheat - Was it the walrus? |a "First published in Great Britain by Granta Books in association with Penguin Books Ltd 1990."-T.p. |a London : |b Granta Books in association with Penguin Books, |c 1991. |a Haroun and the sea of stories / |c Salman Rushdie.
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