Hullabaloo
Setting CIE Essay
Kiran Desai, author of Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard is an excellent writer with a flexible style of writing that can alternate between an invading, noisy tone mimicking the dirty cities full of loud inconsiderate people and a beautiful, dreamlike tone mirroring the heavens. Her novel is full of vivid imagery and precision which allows the reader to truly connect with her characters and their environment/setting. The novel is based around two key settings; the city of Shahkot and the guava orchard. Both of these settings are important as they help to reveal key themes and symbols of modern society and humanity.
(T)The inclusion of an urban setting in a contemporary novel is an important way of revealing the social milieu of the text. (E) In this novel, Desai uses the setting of Shahkot to reveal how people are products of their environment; in this case how modern individuals are greedy, selfish and too busy to look fter the little things. (X) For example, the city Shahkot is described as a “murky yellow haze” filled with gossip and individuals “dizzy” from the heat. (A) The purpose of describing this auspicious setting in this heat wave is to enhance the murkiness of its citizens and contrast them with Sampath (the main protagonist). In this case, the effect paints the citizens as sweaty self indulgent individuals while showing Sampath as the cool cut dreamer. (S) Overall, it is clear that Desai wanted her readers to view the setting as a metaphor for people and their values.
(T) When authors introduce a second key setting into a text, it is often specifically done to show contrast and comparison. (E) Desai in this text, carefully contrasts the city of Shahkot with its hustle and bustle with the calmness and sanctuary of the guava orchard. X)In the novel, the guava orchard is described as being “encased in absolute stillness like a forest captured within a quiet moment of amber”. For Sampath, this setting is pure escapism from the
Kiran Desai, author of Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard is an excellent writer with a flexible style of writing that can alternate between an invading, noisy tone mimicking the dirty cities full of loud inconsiderate people and a beautiful, dreamlike tone mirroring the heavens. Her novel is full of vivid imagery and precision which allows the reader to truly connect with her characters and their environment/setting. The novel is based around two key settings; the city of Shahkot and the guava orchard. Both of these settings are important as they help to reveal key themes and symbols of modern society and humanity.
(T)The inclusion of an urban setting in a contemporary novel is an important way of revealing the social milieu of the text. (E) In this novel, Desai uses the setting of Shahkot to reveal how people are products of their environment; in this case how modern individuals are greedy, selfish and too busy to look fter the little things. (X) For example, the city Shahkot is described as a “murky yellow haze” filled with gossip and individuals “dizzy” from the heat. (A) The purpose of describing this auspicious setting in this heat wave is to enhance the murkiness of its citizens and contrast them with Sampath (the main protagonist). In this case, the effect paints the citizens as sweaty self indulgent individuals while showing Sampath as the cool cut dreamer. (S) Overall, it is clear that Desai wanted her readers to view the setting as a metaphor for people and their values.
(T) When authors introduce a second key setting into a text, it is often specifically done to show contrast and comparison. (E) Desai in this text, carefully contrasts the city of Shahkot with its hustle and bustle with the calmness and sanctuary of the guava orchard. X)In the novel, the guava orchard is described as being “encased in absolute stillness like a forest captured within a quiet moment of amber”. For Sampath, this setting is pure escapism from the