Essays Tagged: "Salman Rushdie"

Censorship on the Internet

spirit, it opposes the right of free speech and is a breach of the First Amendment. Do you remember Salman Rushdie and his book The Satanic Verses? Iranian government announced a death threat to kill ...

(4 pages) 104 0 4.0 Oct/1996

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law

The Themes in the Aboriginal.

ng independent. The consciousness of breaking the power of control exists in literature. Such as in Salman Rushdie's " 'Commonwealth literature' does not exist", he indicates that Indian literature sh ... 'commonwealth literature,' unhelpful and even a little distasteful." (Page 366 "Concert of Voices") Salman Rushdie announces that the literature of India is not under the title commonwealth literature ...

(5 pages) 63 1 3.8 Nov/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > World Literature

Salman Rushdie's The Moor's Last Sigh: Using Art to Ascend Mortality

No one can doubt the literary genius of Salman Rushdie: his philosophical nuggets of wisdom, depth of character development, and his poetic ...

(2 pages) 30 0 0.0 Dec/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > World Literature

Discuss the function of errata or 'unreliable narration' in Salman Rushdie's "Midnight's Children".

In Salman Rushdie's critical essay, '"Errata": or, Unreliable Narration in "Midnight's Children"', he c ...

(7 pages) 74 0 4.0 Jan/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > World Literature

Haroun and the Sea of Stories.

say. They think they have found the real meaning of the nature of truth.This is another quote that Rushdie made himself. "Literature is where...I hope to find not absolute truth but the truth of the ... ope to find not absolute truth but the truth of the tale, of the imagination and of the heart? What Rushdie is saying with this quote is that in fictional literature, he doesn't want to find true thin ...

(5 pages) 68 0 3.8 Jan/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > World Literature

The Ground Beneath Her Feet, Salmon Rushdie: Interpretation of Chapter 15 and what the title really means

nd the title of this book, I enjoyed this chapter the most since it really gives you a look at what Rushdie is saying, and what his meaning is. The ground beneath her feet symbolizes so many things; a ... worship about Vina, the angry gods, smell of hell, and it is the final good bye from Ormus to Vina. Rushdie uses great imagery in this chapter to really put the picture in your mind of what it looks l ...

(3 pages) 16 0 5.0 Mar/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > World Literature > Authors

Taking a closer read at Haroun and the Sea of Stories

the equivalent of "chit chat" or talking, and in this novel, she symbolizes the freedom of speech. Rushdie shows this by having the Chups kidnap her, or taking away the freedom of "chit-chat". This i ... lain 3 references in the novel to specific political events or figuresAs this novel is allegorical, Rushdie made indirect references to several historical events and figures. The purpose of Chattergy' ...

(10 pages) 75 0 5.0 Jul/2004

Subjects: Science Essays

Salman Rusdie - portrait in brief

ge authors as Peter Carey, Angela Carter, E.L. Doctorow, John Fowles, Mark Helprin or Emma Tennant. Salman Rushdie was condemned to death by the former Iranian spiritual leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khom ... n the soles of my shoes, and strike directly at the heart." (from The Ground Beneath Her Feet, 1999)Salman Rushdie was born in Bombay, India, to a middle-class Moslem family. His paternal grandfather ...

(6 pages) 90 3 3.8 Dec/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Biographies

"The Consequences of choices" - Essay based on "The Midnight Children" by Salman Rushdie.

eds? Or, are such results just consequences of choices people make? In Midnight's Children , author Salman Rushdie makes use of the choices made by characters to illustrate their influence upon others ... id that women sometimes have important roles to play in a man's life.In Midnight's Children, author Salman Rushdie has made good use of complex characters and literary techniques to consolidate the id ...

(4 pages) 30 0 0.0 Nov/2006

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > World Literature

"Midnight's Children" by Salman Rushdie as a Post-Colonial Novel

folk like Padma and Mary are embedded in the "miracle laden"universe of India. Saleem and his maker Salman merely dream of it but cannot see it intheir "Anglopoised pool of light."While an English spe ...

(6 pages) 43 0 0.0 Aug/2007

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > World Literature

Haroun and the sea of stories

In Rushdie's book, Haroun is the son of Rashid Khalifa, a famous story-teller, who loses his powers of ... covered his gift of story-telling. His mother returns to the family to complete the happy ending.In Rushdie's book, Haroun is the son of Rashid Khalifa, a famous story-teller, who loses his powers of ... lours. Haroun and the hoopoe are joined by two fish as companions, Bagha and Goopy, whose names, as Rushdie points out in the glossary, are derived from a film by Satyajit Ray, the well-known Indian f ...

(7 pages) 19 0 3.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry

Review: True history of the Kelly Gang by Peter Carey

nal literary acclaim and Peter Carey is arguably the most talented among them. Carey has now joined Salman Rushdie in achieving the dazzling literary feat of winning the Booker Prize twice. All throug ...

(5 pages) 38 0 0.0 Apr/2010

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > World Literature