it is not as clear-cut as one might think. Using Haroun and the Sea of Stories and real-life examples‚ it is easy to come to the conclusion that there is no true definable good or bad. The ambiguous line between “good” and “bad” is prevalent in the novel‚ Haroun and the Sea of Stories. Haroun is a young boy in the book‚ and with that comes an innocence and a rather unbiased view towards adult topics such as the good and evil. In the beginning‚ Haroun is heavily influenced by the light side of his world
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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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Examples of Magic Realism Invisible Tap Rashid tells Haroun where he receives the source of his stories—the Invisible Tap—installed by a Water Genie.” I drink the warm story waters and I feel full of steam. It comes out of an invisible Tap installed by one of the Water Genies”(Rashid‚17)The magic realism here is the tap itself appearing to be a normal or real object‚ but actually it dispenses Story Waters‚ where Rashid receives stories that made him the infamous “Ocean of Notions”. [pic] Twilight
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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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Khattam-Shud’s remark that inside a story lies a world that can’t be controlled. Why is that important? His belief as the leader of the land is that the world is made for one to control‚ he believes in controlling the way people speak. Without a use for language‚ the people become silent and then they are controlled. The people lose their freedom of speech. 2. Is this a story for children? Why or why not? I don’t think children will fully understand the meaning behind the story. The child has to have
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Haroun Reading Reflection One lesson that Haroun learns throughout the book was that good stories are not a waste of time and that they should be valued highly because they can change people and minds. He knows that his father‚ Rashid Khalifa‚ is an excellent storyteller because of his never ending stream of stories he tells‚ and how each one is as carefully thought out as the last. He loves his father and mother very much‚ and they live a happy life in a basement of a building in the “sad city
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Haroun and the Sea of Stories is a magical realism novel in which elements of Salman Rushdie’s imagination are put together to demonstrate the importance and significance of storytelling. Through the story‚ Rushdie conveys to the reader what his notion of good story elements are. One of these elements is a story’s ability to possess antithetical relationships. Haroun and the Sea of Stories contains many symbols alluding to the value of complementary elements of a story; these symbols also being
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symbols found in text. Although Haroun and the sea of stories is a children’s literature‚ symbols which overlap as archetypes are used to make this novel contain a deeper meaning and be just as enjoyable for adults. Weather in this story symbolizes the current feeling or emotion of the characters. Dull‚ gloomy days often occurred when the character is depressed: "this sudden mist positively stank of sadness and gloom" (47). This symbol is clearly evident when Haroun traveled to Moody land‚ "the sun
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The Versatility of Stories Through Haroun Khalifa’s adventure on the story moon of Kahani‚ Salman Rushdie discloses to readers the value of stories that are not even true. In Rushdie’s Haroun and the Sea of Stories‚ the author illustrates how powerful and versatile fictional stories are to real life. From the colorful Ocean of the Streams of Stories to the conflicting Lands of Gup and Chup‚ Rushdie creates a world within the novel that undoubtedly and continually portrays the point of made-up tales
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Sea Story The short story Sea Story is written by A.S. Byatt in 2013. It is a story about the young Harold‚ who has a very significant relation to the nature especially to the sea. He falls in love with the beautiful woman Laura‚ but he does not reveal his love to her. Laura is leaving to study abroad and Harold is having a hard time without her‚ so he writes her a love letter in a bottle message‚ but the bottle does not get to the intended destination without being broken by the sea. In this
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