Category: Salman Rushdie
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Salman Rushdies Concept of Wholeness in the Context of the Literature of India
Wholeness then can be understood as variety, versatility and complexity. Self-development occurs through the conscious integration of new facets, by our openness to change and by a certain control of our thoughts, emotions and inclinations. Instead of using words like uniformity or harmony, we should rather speak of integrated complexity. If parts of our selves…
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Salman Rushdie as a Writer of Uncommon Talent
A large people of India still believe that English is a language of British people and hence it is truth that English men bring bitter feeling within our hearts. We must realize that to learn English language does not mean that we would evolve a slave attitude. English dialect with its extraordinary artistic legacy is…
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The Weight of Societal Pressure on Individuals
Shirley Jacksons short story and Salman Rushdies essay both pass on the message that society is able to impose rules and mindsets that are driven by factors such as religion due to it having a massive following. Individuals in a society avoid going against flow of the society so it is easy to find themselves…
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Analysis of Salman Rushdies Novels
Many Western readers, ignorant of Islam and Hinduism, the 1947 partition of the Indian subcontinent and the creation of Pakistan, the India-Pakistan war of 1965, and the Pakistani civil war of 1974, may tend to read Salman Rushdies (born 19 June 1947) novels as bizarre entertainments. This is unfortunate, since each is a picaresque allegory…