As a reader one has the ability and freedom to see both sides of the story. As well, to interpret the meaning of the message intended by the writer to be delivered. With what is in one person can take away after a reading it may be different from the one that another reader may have taken from it. Personal prospective within culture, religion, political views, education, and experience deprecate in how one person views the message. In Haroun and the Sea of stories there are many occasions where the writer, Rushdie, gives the reader endless ways to interpret the different messages he intends the reader to take away. At times, Rushdie wants the reader to take a deeper thought about what his intentions are. For instance, thinking about opposites, …show more content…
Here is where the bad, black, and negative labels appear. Who would not think of sadden definitive departure of a loving one as a tragedy making you feel sad, and hopeless. In Mr. Rashid world in some way he was happy with his story telling as a living, but Ms. Soraya and Mr. Sengupta thought that stories were not useful and meaningful. Thus, she left with Mr. Sengupta because he had no imagination therefore he thought of life as a serious business and was not making up stories. Additionally, Haroun blamed his father for his mother departure. Therefore, this whole event gains that label as mentioned before, bad, black and negative. Yet, are really these labels bad, sad, and negative? As the story develops it is up to the reader to understand and see what is the real beauty in them. The reason for it; is that there was indeed the need of a sad, bad, departure to make Haroun to start that journey with his father to understand “What is the use of stories that aren’t even true”, this is the good in the bad. Otherwise, he would have kept that wrong idea, or simply not understand at all, about what is the use of stories that are not even true in his head. He would not live and experience on real/fiction world the appreciation and importance of history telling and the connections or different parts that …show more content…
He/she is automatically label as dumb, stupid, and unreasonable, but one may not know are the inside details and reasons that make that person to make that decision. That maybe after getting the information ahead one may understand why he/she ultimately declined that great opportunity. It is easy to judge, but most of the times it is very hard to understand the why’s and the how’s of that. Let alone to understand, to take the time to analyze the reasons, to be in somebody else’s shoes. It is necessary to understand the differences of each side and take a deeper look to them and find its exquisiteness no matter how opposite of one’s preferences and comforts, who knows one can find new interesting opposites to explore and
Authors have the ability justify the worst actions. Authors have a way of romanticizing certain situations in order to convey a specific message. A good author has power to influence the reader into believing whatever it is the author wants. When it comes to the story of Hannah Dustan, authors such as John Greenleaf Whittier have romanticized her captivity story along with the actions she took throughout her journey.
movie, much less show the world from his point of view as in the book.
According to Laurence Perrine in his seventh edition of Literature: Structure, Sound and Sense he states the definition of interpretive literature is 'Literature written to deepen and broaden and sharpen our awareness of life.'; Interpretive literature is not candy coated. It allows its readers to experience the trials and tribulations of life. By using graphically realistic plots and endings, which are consistent to those in real life, interpretive literature achieves a higher literary value than escape literature. Interpretive literature allows its reader too step out of the fantasy world they might be living in and focus on what the world is really about. One might say an interpretive story provides insight to understanding. Not only understanding of ourselves, but our neighbors, friends, family or anyone else we might encounter.
When a person reads a book, they should read it as to amuse them, but also look between the lines for the purpose of the book. Every author, whether they’re writing fiction of non-fiction, has a moral behind their story. Every book is like a picture, a piece of art. Yes, you admire it, but you would have to squint a little bit, twist your head in any angle, and try to find what message the author or painter was trying to send out with their piece of work.
also the story that is implied by the author’s emotions and implications. One of the main
No, I don’t think that she contradicts herself by saying this. I feel going into any reading the reader should have an opened mind about a text. The source may have a “big image” that the author wanted the reader to take from the reading. As well as read as if it was a story, it would help with getting what the author wanted. However some texts need to be read with a higher train of thought and a reader needs to be conscious about
Everyone comes from their own background, and has their own opinions about the world around them. They bring those thoughts and prejudices with them into every text they read, meaning they see what they expect to see. The author claims that close reading leads to ethical reading, ethical reading meaning the reader is listening to the author’s voice within the text, truly understanding and listening to that which the author is saying. Close reading forces the reader to temporarily abandon their preconceptions and “by concentrating on the details, we disrupt our projection; we are forced to see what is really there” (Gallop p.11). The author provides some historical context, in relation to the “new criticism” method of teaching. Between the 1950’s and 1970’s new criticism, “allowed students to appreciate the complexity of literary writing, to see the artful work, rather than merely themes and ideas.” (Gallop p.13). The issue with new criticism being that only “great” works or authors were considered “worthy” of analysis in that manner. Unfortunately, most work that was considered “great” within that period were written by men of European descent. Within the past few decades the multicultural movement has made reading lists in schools more diverse, making understanding the voice of authors more important than ever, as to not reinforce stereotypes and
	According to Laurence Perrine in his seventh edition of Literature: Structure, Sound and Sense he states the definition of interpretive literature is "Literature written to deepen and broaden and sharpen our awareness of life." Interpretive literature is not candy coated. It allows its readers to experience the trials and tribulations of life. By using graphically realistic plots and endings, which are consistent to those in real life, interpretive literature achieves a higher literary value than escape literature. Interpretive literature allows its reader too step out of the fantasy world they might be living in and focus on what the world is really about. One might say an interpretive story provides insight to understanding. Not only understanding of ourselves, but our neighbors, friends, family or anyone else we might encounter.
It is difficult to face anything in the world when you cannot even face your own reality. In his book The Kite Runner, Khaled Hosseini uses kites to bring out the major themes of the novel in order to create a truly captivating story of a young boy’s quest to redeem his past mistakes. Amir is the narrator and protagonist of the story and throughout the entire novel, he faces enormous guilt following the horrible incident that happened to his closest friend, Hassan. This incident grows on Amir and fuels his quest for redemption, struggling to do whatever it takes to make up for his mistakes. In Hosseini’s novel, kites highlight aspects of Afghanistan’s ethnic caste system and emphasizes the story’s major themes of guilt, redemption and freedom.
When discussing the controversial authors of Indian literature, one name should come to mind before any other. Salman Rushdie, who is best known for writing the book “Midnights Children.” The first two chapters of “Midnights Children” are known as “The Perforated Sheet”. In “The Perforated Sheet” Rushdie utilizes magic realism as a literary device to link significant events and their effects on the lives of Saleem’s family to a changing India. In fact, it is in the beginning of the story that the reader is first exposed to Rushdie’s use of magic realism when being introduced to Saleem. “On the stroke of midnight/clocks joined palms” and “the instant of India’s arrival at independence. I tumbled forth into the world”(1711). Rushdie’s description of the clocks “joining palms” and explanation of India’s newfound independence is meant to make the reader understand the significance of Saleem’s birth. The supernatural action of the clocks joining palms is meant to instill wonder, while independence accentuates the significance of the beginning of a new era. Rushdie also utilizes magic realism as an unnatural narrative several times within the story to show the cultural significance of events that take place in the story in an abnormal way.
In conclusion, it is hard to grasp the true meaning of the story unless the story is read a second time because of the author's style of writing.
James Joyce began his writing career in 1914 with a series of realistic stories published in a collection called The Dubliners. These short literary pieces are a glimpse into the ‘paralysis’ that those who lived in the turn of the century Ireland and its capital experienced at various points in life (Greenblatt, 2277). Two of the selections, “Araby” and “The Dead” are examples of Joyce’s ability to tell a story with precise details while remaining a detached third person narrator. “Araby” is centered on the main character experiencing an epiphany while “The Dead” is Joyce’s experiment with trying to remain objective. One might assume Joyce had trouble with objectivity when it concerned the setting of Ireland because Dublin would prove to be his only topic. According the editors of the Norton Anthology of Literature, “No writer has ever been more soaked in Dublin, its atmosphere, its history, its topography. He devised ways of expanding his account of the Irish capital, however, so that they became microcosms of human history, geography, and experience.” (Greenblatt, 2277) In both “Araby” and “The Dead” the climax reveals an epiphany of sorts that the main characters experience and each realize his actual position in life and its ultimate permanency.
Value is defined as an object or idea that has worth, usefulness, or importance, Often, society creates value for mundane materials or thoughts and assigns them a price, a requirement to receive the object. In “At the Auction of the Ruby Slippers” by Salman Rushdie, value is placed upon the magical Ruby Slippers from the film, The Wizard of Oz. The characters in the short story believe that the slippers will return them “home,” wherever that might be. However, the slippers come with an expensive price tag, with bidders being among society’s elite. The narrator, himself a bidder, joins the auction to win the shoes for his past lover , Gale.
When analyzing the use of tragedy-wisdom that stems from pain or sorrow- as a form of character development, one must mention Sophocles’ play Oedipus Rex yet more iconically Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. Although traditionally ignored, Isak Dinesen, whom Thomas R. Wissen regarded as an author who’s “tales will not disappoint” must be included among the elite of authors of tragic stories (“The Ring” 237). Many are familiar with her best known pieces such as Out of Africa or Babbete’s Feast; however her most very skillful use of tragedy is in the short story The Ring (230). Dinesen captures the essence of her own personal experiences and translated it seamlessly into a tragic short story.
There have been very few writers who have been dogged by controversy throughout their careers. Some have been persecuted in less enlightened times such as Mark Twain, and some have been ridiculed by the press like Edgar Allan Poe. Yet, Salman Rushdie was the first author in the free world to have been pursued from across continents and forced into hiding because of a death sentence by a foreign government. To say Salman Rushdie is a very controversial writer in today’s society would be a gross understatement.