Haroun And The Sea Of Stories Literary Analysis

Freedom of speech is found in literature 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 result, his will to live. They then go on an adventure and Haroun finds out that a man named Khattum-Shud is poisoning stories. Haroun and Rashid go to Chup and Gup city, which both have opposing views on whether or not speech is beneficial.. Chup and Gup both go to war, but the Guppees win and Khattum-Shud is killed in an accident. At the end, Haroun and Rashid return to their home which is the depressed city, but in a happy ending the city found its name Kahani, which means story. Some individuals believe that freedom of speech is important as a human right, but
For example, the first amendment of the constitution is related to freedom of speech. This is because the people of the United States believed that freedom of speech and the ability to criticize the government is a basic right that should be covered near immediately. However, freedom of speech in the United States does have its limitations. For example, serious threats can and will get somebody arrested. In addition to threats, words that provoke emotional distress like screaming that an emergency is happening when one is not happening is excluded in freedom of speech. Therefore, freedom of speech is not able to be used to provoke other people despite the United States claiming that they have it, and it is used mainly to protect