Often times when we read a story we don’t realize all the different approaches a writer may use to make his or her story more interesting or complex. These approaches are considered critical approaches and they allow us to dig deeper into a story and discover a whole new meaning. Author‚ Salman Rushdie‚ uses several critical approaches in his novel “Haroun and The Sea of Stories.” Upon reading this story we can find there are several of these approaches to consider. However‚ what really stands out
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Haroun and the Sea of Stories “What makes the story moving is the idea of the father’s redemption by his own child.” (Michael Billington) Discuss! Haroun’s father is called Rashid Khalifa. His family break apart because bot his son and his wife accuse him of telling meaningless and useless stories and not being rational at all. His wife leaves him‚ but his son suddenly relizes that Rashid his ability of telling stories dried up‚ so he thinks it’s all his fault and wants to do something because
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|”Haroun and the Sea of Stories” follows the pattern of the heroic tale.In this genre of narrative‚ first seen in Greek literature‚the hero starts an adventure to search his home and to reestablish order of the world.During the quest‚the hero confront many tests that threaten to doom him and his expedition.The climax of the novel is an epic battle between good and evil. Not a few critics have already showed the many references which Haroun and the Sea of Stories makes to ancient Indian and Persian
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Stories have been around for thousands upon thousands of years. From the cavemen telling their hunting stories‚ to the epics of Achilles and Beowulf‚ stories have played an important role in all of our lives for as long as we can remember. But what makes stories so important? Is it because of the entertainment and thrill? Or‚ are stories just a big waste of our time? Salman Rushdie author of Haroun and the Sea of Stories believes that stories are important in everyone’s lives. Stories are everything
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In 1990‚ Salman Rushdie published his children’s novel‚ Haroun and the Sea of Stories. The novel is an allegory for many of the political and social issues his family was facing at the time‚ as Rushdie was in hiding due to the controversy of his 1988 novel‚ The Satanic Verses. Rushdie wrote the novel for his son to understand the events going on in their lives. The novel follows the young protagonist‚ Haroun Khalifa‚ who lives with his parents in a town that is described as "a sad city‚ the saddest
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So Iff the Water Genie told Haroun about the Ocean of the Streams of Story‚ and even though he was full of a sense of hopelessness and failure the magic of the ocean began to have an effect on Haroun. He looked into the water and saw that it was made up of a thousand thousand thousand and one currents‚ each one a different colour‚ weaving in and out of one another like a liquid tapestry of breathtaking complexity; and Iff explained that these were the Streams of Story‚ that each coloured strand represented
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Salter_____________________________________ Introduction to Literature: Global Character Response Form (You may use this form if you wish. If you don’t use it‚ be sure to follow this format and include all the information asked for.) Novel Title:Haroun and The Sea of Stories___________________________________________ Before completing this form‚ please see the sample Character Response on Blackboard Identify‚ in a sentence or two‚ the character and the role he or she plays in the novel. This may be any major
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simple phrase has been reinforced to the youth of society for years. This and the inverse can be found in a story written by Salman Rushdie. Haroun and the Sea of Stories tells the tale of the journey of a boy called Haroun and his father‚ Rashid who is a storyteller. They adventure into the hidden moon of Kahani to redeem the story-telling power of Rashid‚ which he has lost. There‚ Haroun and his father find that the moon spins in a certain way that a city called “Gup” is in constant sunlight and
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and in the real world in varying degrees. In the novel Haroun and the Sea of Stories by Salman Rushdie‚ an important theme of freedom of speech is explored‚ which is linked to Salman’s real life experience with having his freedom of speech violated. In Haroun and the Sea of Stories‚ there are two characters named Haroun and Rashid who lived in a depressed city that forgot its name. Rashid is Haroun’s father and his profession was telling stories‚ but he lost both his storytelling abilities and as a
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silence with Haroun and the Sea of Stories (1990)‚ a children’s book written as a means of explaining his situation to his son‚ largely through the use of his allegory. Rushdie’s experiences with censorship appear in the novel under the guise of the Old Zone section of the Sea of Stories and the division between the Guppees and the Chupwalas. Rushdie himself also appears allegorically in many characters of the book‚ like Rashid‚ Princess Batcheat‚ Prince Bolo‚ but most closely with Haroun. With this
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