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What is the Noble Savage? Authors James Fenimore Cooper, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Pontiac, and Mary Rowlandson seek to answer to that very question in their respective writings. Each author has a different take on the Noble Savage—some focus more on nobility rather than savagery, others do the inverse, and some have a good balance of the two. When coupled together, the varying viewpoints lend themselves to paint a great picture of what the Noble Savage truly is: a complex archetype. After examining

In the first three chapters of Steven Pinker’s book The Blank Slate, he attempts to disprove that there exists a difference between three beliefs: the blank slate, the Noble Savage, and the Ghost in the Machine. The main theory behind The Blank Slate appears to be discovering the true definition of being a human. The Noble Savage is the idea that man in his natural state is as free as nature. It was the belief that “humans in their natural state are selfless, peaceable, and untroubled” (Pinker 12)

hints towards philosophical meaning. Through this passage in the first chapter, it becomes clear that Jim’s narration of the nature around him works to highlight the idea that the land is a heaven that is untouched. Like young Jim, the land is in a “blank slate,” which intertwines the land and Jim together. This is furthered through the progression of the land and Jim, as they progress into godlike beings. Through this progression and balance, the balance between Modernism and Romanticism is achieved

mother about these stories and eventually runs off with her. This leads to the main conflict of the story, Rashid becoming so sad he forgets how to tell his stories. (Rushdie, 12-26) Rashid needs to perform stories for multiple politicos, but draws a blank. After angering the politicos, they send him to Valley of K. Haroun and his father go to the bus station so they can ride to the Valley of K, and eventually convince a psychotic bus driver, Mr. Butt, to take

In 1970, the emergence of multiculturalism began, first in Canada and Australia, and then in the United States as well as others. Multiculturalism is the diversity of two or more cultures in a region or country. According to Bhikhn Parekh, the author or Rethinking Multiculturalism, best understands multiculturalism as a “perspective on or a way of viewing life.” Bhikhu Parekh in his novel, Rethinking Multiculturalism, argues for a pluralist view on cultural diversity. He brings upon many explanations

The Defeat of Many by One In The Moor’s Last Sigh, Salman Rushdie uses the complex and changing character of the Moor to represent a complex and changing image of India. By making the eclectic family history of the Da-Gama Zogoiby family the central theme in the first two parts of the novel, Rushdie portrays India as a culturally and religiously pluralistic society. This pluralistic society is layered by violence caused by the corruption of multiplicity by various characters and the threat

In The Satanic Verses, numerous symbols illustrate how human nature is the source of the evil. Furthermore, the symbolic significance that pertains to the main character also shows how all individuals have both good and bad qualities. A repeating motif in the book is the reference to the play “Othello”. Skapearses famous play follows the life of the Moor Othello after is marriage to Desdemona. Iago, a loyal friend of Othello, was furious that the Moor overlooked him for a promotion, sparking his

In Salman Rushdie’s novel The Satanic Verses Rushdie tells a story about two men, Saladin Chamcha and Gibreel Farishta, oddly connected by the fact that they both survive the hijacking of their aircraft. Throughout the novel, Gibreel has powerful dreams in which the narrator brings up the topic of the Satanic Verses. The Satanic Verses were supposedly verses that Muhammad said were part of the Quran and then were later revoked. The Verses allegedly said that Allah was not the only god and that there

uses the cultural connotations of the images to convey the chaos and surrealism of the modern world. In Midnight’s Children and Satanic Verses, Salman Rushdie aptly applies magical realism and religious parallels to convey the internal struggle of reconciling self-determination with cultural heritage. Through the character Saladin Chamcha’s arc in The Satanic Verses, Rushdie illustrates the internal turmoil that results from denying one’s cultural roots in favor of a self-determined identity. Chamcha

different jobs, Whitman started to indulge in freelance fiction and poetry writing. Despite the fact that Walt Whitman may have seemed simple-minded, he had a major role in the world of poetry. Walt Whitman established a new kind of poetry called free verse. Never before was a poet able to write a rhythm-free poem without having his/her poetry pushed away. Poetry is still known today as being rhythmic, but Walt Whitman changed