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Haroun and the Sea of Stories

The Marxist Group

Chupwalas and Guppies

  • Effects of silence laws on society & relationships

Oppression in Allusion

"...what is the point of giving persons Freedom of Speech...if you then say they must not utilize same? And is not the Power of Speech the greatest Power of all?" (Rushdie, 119)

  • False Consciousness
  • Bourgeoise and Proletariat
  • Zealots & Extremists

Censorship vs Freedom of Speech

-References to the Arabian nights in the book with the character Rashid as he is being oppress by Mr. Buttoo to tell stories.

"Now came another surprise: the Cultmaster began to speak" ( Rushdie 153)

“But what exactly is capital? Capital is payment from the bourgeoisie to the proletariat for the work produced. Capital is given solely at the discretion of the owner and is based on the actual work” (Roach)

"For me you will please to provide up-beat sagas only" pg.49

  • Silence Laws & No freedom of speech
  • Khattam-Shud (governing by fear)

"Shahrazad was now taken by her father to the king, who was pleased to see him" pg 31

-The oppression of the Royal family to the

page's uniforms, putting famous book references named after Prince Bolo.

"Don't think all Chupwalas follow Khattam-Shud or worship his Bezaban... Mostly they are simply terrified of the Cultmaster's great powers of sorcery" (Rushdie, 131,132)

The Revolution

  • Peace is restored

Multi-Media

"...a peace in which Night and Day, Speech and Silence, would no longer be separated into Zones by Twilight Strips and Walls of Force." (p.191)

Do You Hear the People Sing?

Les Miserables

Rushdie mixes

reality into fantasy

Oppression

Symbolic Characters within the stories.

Kahani vs. The real world

Khattam-Shud - Symbol of Oppression

North Korean- leader oppressing his people and his soldiers and using political power for the wrong reasons

Mudra - Symbol of the revoltion

Islamic Extremists- go to extreme measures to get their point across and achieve power and control

Haroun - Symbol of Change

Indias way of life- caste system

politics

beliefs

rich get richer and the

poor get poorer

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