Extended Essay
Topic Question: How does Salman Rushdie use magical realism in order to explore the links between India and his childhood in the book Midnight’s Children?
Abstract
Salman Rushdie’s Midnight’s Children is an intricately intractable attempt at capturing the erratic parallel life of the protagonist, Saleem and the political rise and fall of India. The question I aim to answer is: How does Salman Rushdie use magical realism in order to explore the links between India and his childhood in the book Midnight’s Children?. This book has been the basis of a lot of debate and critical analysis due to its often controversial subjects and the style of writing used by Rushdie. In parts, it can get hard to read due to the fragmented nature of the narrative - this was the greatest criticism from readers.
The reason I have chosen this book is because the author is one of the most well known in this particular genre.
Intro
When Rushdie released this book, he could not have predicted its success. It became an international sensation after winning the Booker of Bookers prize, due to its subject multiplicity and often exceedingly …show more content…
The repetitive idea of the Saffron vs Green reflects the colors of the Indian flag, on page 154-155. This recurring motif symbolises how ingrained the Indian people’s heritage is and serves as a foil to the lack of purity in the land of the pure - Pakistan. In an interview with Guardian, Rushdie once said that he “Midnight's Children, a book which repeatedly uses images of land reclamation, because Bombay is a city built upon reclaimed land, was itself an act of such reclamation, my attempt to reclaim my Indian origins and heritage from my eyrie in Kentish Town” . The imagery of the Hummingbird represents the emerging sense of urgency that compels the Indians to action, almost as a foreshadow to the 1970s Emergency Indra
Topic Question: How does Salman Rushdie use magical realism in order to explore the links between India and his childhood in the book Midnight’s Children?
Abstract
Salman Rushdie’s Midnight’s Children is an intricately intractable attempt at capturing the erratic parallel life of the protagonist, Saleem and the political rise and fall of India. The question I aim to answer is: How does Salman Rushdie use magical realism in order to explore the links between India and his childhood in the book Midnight’s Children?. This book has been the basis of a lot of debate and critical analysis due to its often controversial subjects and the style of writing used by Rushdie. In parts, it can get hard to read due to the fragmented nature of the narrative - this was the greatest criticism from readers.
The reason I have chosen this book is because the author is one of the most well known in this particular genre.
Intro
When Rushdie released this book, he could not have predicted its success. It became an international sensation after winning the Booker of Bookers prize, due to its subject multiplicity and often exceedingly …show more content…
The repetitive idea of the Saffron vs Green reflects the colors of the Indian flag, on page 154-155. This recurring motif symbolises how ingrained the Indian people’s heritage is and serves as a foil to the lack of purity in the land of the pure - Pakistan. In an interview with Guardian, Rushdie once said that he “Midnight's Children, a book which repeatedly uses images of land reclamation, because Bombay is a city built upon reclaimed land, was itself an act of such reclamation, my attempt to reclaim my Indian origins and heritage from my eyrie in Kentish Town” . The imagery of the Hummingbird represents the emerging sense of urgency that compels the Indians to action, almost as a foreshadow to the 1970s Emergency Indra