Storytelling In Haroun

Recently, scholars have analyzed King’s (2003) chapter You’ll Never Believe What Happened is Always a Good Way to Start, with the intent to discover King’s rhetorical techniques and overall purpose. At the time of his speech, the world was “predominantly scientific, capitalistic, Judeo-Christian” (p.12). Firstly, Cassandra Plettell (2017) found that King utilizes ethos to demonstrate how stories may alter an individual’s perception (p.2). Similarly, Emma Murphy (2017) found that King uses ethos and pathos that “portrays the idea that stories have the ability to greatly impact individuals’ lives” (p.2). Then, Ajodeji Edna Adetimechin (2017) found that King uses ethos, pathos, and logos to convince his audience of the influential power that stories “have in shaping perspectives” (p.2). In general, they have found that King’s purpose is regarding the influential powers of stories with the use of ethos, pathos and/or logos. In addition to Plettell, Murphy and Adetimechin’s finding, I would like to go a step further and argue that King’s overall purpose is to persuade the audience that the Genesis creation story has formulated a culture that lacks forgiveness, compassion, and unity (King, 2003, pp.24-27). Inclusively, I will argue how King utilizes his personal experiences with stories, emotional appeals, and writing arrangement in order to gradually persuade his highly intellectual audience.

In the book, the Truth About Stories, Thomas King sheds light on the power of stories. King explicitly enforces that one must take caution in the way he or she tells a story, since it will shape one’s thoughts, decision-making and future (2). Through the use of literature, King weaves his way through native history, anecdote by anecdote, informing his readers about the importance of storytelling. “Stories are wondrous things,” the author writes. “And they are dangerous.” (9). To prove this, King mentions two creation stories; the differences in these stories is the way in which they are told. The first is a famous native story called, “the woman who fell from the sky”; this story is told in a complex, persuasive way (10-20). This story discusses a society emphasizing the value of cooperation as the animals work together to create a better world (21-22). The second story, a Judeo-Christian biblical story, describes a Western Capitalist society. It is told in a historical, punitive and direct fashion, underlining a society of boundaries and punishment. King highlights that storytelling is not just simply telling a story, rather it is how the stories are told. King uses these particular stories to show how different stories shape people’s perspectives, which impacts their ideas, thoughts and decision making. Therefore he addresses how sensitive storytelling may be, for once a story is told, it can never be taken back (10). This is true in all realms of life, cautioning

Throughout Haroun and the Sea of Stories, Salman Rushdie provides a fundamental, yet intricate variety of literary usage. These instances of literary usage provide and framework of support for the text which is to follow and to further accentuate the smaller and unnoticeable details of the story in to vital parts which are necessary for better comprehension and understanding of the meaning of the upcoming events. Symbolism is the most commonly used and most imperative literary device used by Rushdie. 'With the land of Chup, on the dark side of Kahani?This looks like the doing of the leader of the Chupwalas, the Cult master of Bezaban.'(H.S.S. Pg 75) This statement from the text has a very symbolic meaning behind it, both in terms of the

Many Aboriginal populations have been using storytelling as a way of communication for centuries. Storytelling is used on a day to day basis whether it be reading a story to kids or telling friends about an experience. The importance of storytelling is highlighted constantly throughout the book Three Day Road by Joseph Boyden and the entire story itself is a recollection of memories. Niska tells stories of her past to warn and teach Xavier. Xavier tells stories of his haunting and innocence shattering experience at war to help him heal. Elijah tells stories about his life before and during the war as an attempt to maintain what is left of his aboriginal culture and to heal himself by reminding himself of his achievements and what he has proudly accomplished . Storytelling plays a significant role in the novel by teaching and helping to heal the characters.

Narratives have massive importance in the driving of big ideas about how we view our world. They use many different techniques, to either subtly or plainly plant ideas into our minds. The author can point out big problems in our world, and by making it relevant to the consumer, lead them to think more about what is going on around them. They can turn something that doesn’t make sense to someone and by changing something very simple, make it more relevant.

You know those mornings when you are full of energy and ready to take on the world? And then, you have those mornings when you just want to stay in bed all day and never get up. I just didn’t want to leave my cozy sleeping bag the day we went to Yukanom. To get to Yukanom, you have to go down the Klamath River by white water rafting and there is a small island. Then from that island you have to cross a small river to get to the other island where Yukanom is located. The group I was in was really excited about the trip. Yukanom is basically a freshwater waterfall. The fall is around 14 ft tall, and the water is literally like glass, because it’s snowmelt and there are so many little critters in the water that you can catch. But, more on that later. Lets take a look at the hike that is needed to get to Yukanom…

Without a doubt the Hazara people have been persecuted, but the use of similes allows the reader to understand how they were viewed in the book. Hosseini used a simile to demonstrate how the Pashtuns scrutinized the Hazaras as outcasts. Assef tried to justify why he was in the Taliban and murdered so many

Haroun and the Sea of Stories is the fifth novel written by Salman Rushdie. If you look closely at both a reading about Salman's life and one of his novels, you can actually find connections between them. In the reading about Rushdie's life, it was made evident that people despised his book The Satanic Verses. This is the same case in Rashid's life, for some people very much disliked his story telling. Furthermore, in the supplementary reading; I learned that individual people and larger organizations like governments wanted to capture Rushdie. This is because Rushdie's controversial book was heavily looked down upon by the Muslim Religion. This is a parallel to the Sea of Stories due to the fact that Khattam-Shud wanted to capture Rashid

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This archetypal quest bolsters the idea that Haroun first takes this role when he arrives on the moon. After Haroun hears about the traumatic event that has occured, he starts his quest to save the people of Kahani, after seeing how much distress they were in. Furthermore, Haroun propels the idea of this archetypal journey by trying to rid the planet of evil. He hears about Kattum-Shud and his plan to stop new stories emerging from Kahani. Haroun has seen the Gardeners along with the Plentimaw Fish and how much distress they are enduring, and vows to save them.

Nobel Prize winner Nadine Gordimer once stated, “Censorship is never over for those who have experienced it. It is a brand on the imagination that affects the individual who has suffered it, forever.” This was a problem faced by Salman Rushdie. After years of suffering from writers block, he overcame his obstacles and published "Haroun and the Sea of Stories". It is not only a story for his son, but a proclamation of the triumph of the writer over the oppressive forces that sought to silence him. When read literally, the resolution of "Haroun and the Sea of Stories" is the defeat of Khattam-Shud as dictator. However, Rushdie’s true resolution is the conquest of freedom of speech over oppression. This is seen in how the characters’

The book's main message is that storytelling is a necessary art that brings joy and imagination for those who experience it. One of the best things about the book's message is that it is placed into a protagonist/antagonist story. The story's antagonists (Khattam-Shud and Mr. Sengupta) are against stories and believe that there are more important matters than imagination. While some would say these are your standard villains, these can be seen as a representation of those questioning why storytelling is common. Rushdie suggests that these people are all the same (as in share the same views about fictional stories) when Haroun mistakes the cult master for his neighbor only on the basis that both hate stories. Salmon Rushdie also suggests that storytelling can be experienced and enjoyed by all ages. Rashid (Haroun's dad) is famous for his storytelling. The book mentions that he tells stories to most of the city as a profession. Some of the events that Rashid caters his stories to are clearly not childish. This is to show that there is no actual age group for storytelling. Rushdie also inspires the reader's imagination at the beginning and end parts of chapter four. This is introduced when Iff the water genie asks Haroun what bird he would desire for transport, and Haroun says the only bird present is the peacock bed. This results in an explanation from Iff about seeing what you want by using your

Because he is likeable and the people enjoy listening to him, they will vote for the person who hired him when Rashid asks them to. Without the endorsement and backing of a good storyteller, a politician’s career is ended. Additionally, when Rashid tells his final story about the corrupt politician Snooty Buttoo, Mr. Buttoo is forced to flee and “was never seen again in the valley of K, which left the people of the valley free to chose leaders they actually liked” (Rushdie 207). Rashid’s tale convinced the people of the valley of K to stand up for what they believed in and, as with the people of chup they turned against Khattam-Shud. The tale of the defeat of Khattam-Shud inspired them to, likewise turn from their poor leader. The influence of storytelling is so great that it has the power to positively or negatively affect the career of a politician.

Haroun and a few helpers from Gup now travel into the twilight and on to the dark land of Chup, where shadows have acquired a life of their own, and through many dangers and adventures they reach the heart of the Chup empire, a Factory Ship that makes poison to spill into the Sea of Stories. Khattam-Shud’s plan is to block the very source of stories with a plug and spread silence and darkness. Finally they see Khattam-Shud himself, and Haroun is rather surprised: He is a scrawny, skinny, weasly type, and he looks a lot like Mr. Sengupta, who stole his mother away. And when he

Rushdie uses opposites frequently throughout his book and one of them deals with the lands of Gup and Chup. In the novel, Haroun explains "Gup is bright and Chup is dark. Gup is warm and Chup is freezing cold. Gup is all chattering and noise, whereas Chup is silent as a shadow" (114). In the story, Gup represents the West where we value freedom of speech, whereas the land of Chup represents the East. Kattam-Shud, the dictator of Chup, wishes to poison the Sea of Stories in order to silence the stories forever because he believes "Inside every single story . . . there lies a world . . . that I cannot Rule" (151). His sign is a symbol of stitched lips which points to that he represents censorship unlike the Gups who value freedom of speech tremendously. However, the importance of free speech doesn't mean one should always speak, unthinkingly. Haroun observes that "Silence has its own grace and beauty (just as speech can be graceless and ugly) . . . Action could be as noble as Words" (115). Rushdie argues that a society must have a healthy balance of speech. Silence in itself is not a bad thing, but forced silence