Sunday, March 22, 2009
QUESTION!
I have a question related more to the text than the story itself. On page 126 Rushdie clumps the words "talldarkhandsome" together at the bottom of the page. He does a similar thing with "higherhigher" on page 135. Assuming these are not type-os, why do you think that Rushdie chooses to do this at particular parts in the book?
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I think Rushdie clumps the words "talldarkhandsome" together because then he doesn't have to list all the adjectives out. He can just have one "word" that describes the character. This way it seems more interesting and not just a list of adjectives.
ReplyDeleteI would assume he would do this to make it look more like Saleem wrote it. It really creates a sort of rough draft feel to the piece which i believe is what Saleem is writing.
ReplyDeleteThat's a very interesting point Adam. He IS simply telling the story because (and while) he is deteriorating. Maybe Rushdie was trying to give readers the "imperfect" feel. Also, notice how he only clumps words together when they're banal phrases and common descriptions. Maybe that's part of it?
ReplyDeleteI felt the same way as Rohini about this matter. Tall, dark and handsome are adjectives that commonly go together in descriptions (sort of cliche). For the whole "higherhigher" piece, I think he does this to give a quick-paced sense (like maybe you'd say this faster if you were really telling the story...sort of like if a kid were chanting it excitedly, "HIGHER! HIGHER!). Sometimes I have the feeling that nothing I am saying makes sense...? Oh well. That's the best way I can describe it.
ReplyDeleteI think it was more of a commic releif thing or like Cristin said, he likes to have a "single word" that describes a person's appearance or character. Great point Adam(not to be confised with Aadam), that would probably be the most likely reason.
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