Setting

The setting, always in India, continuously changes from area to area. One second the reader finds themselves in the small peaceful town of Kashmiri. Then they are taken to Saleem’s unnamed location or the bustling city of Amritsar. This creates a very chaotic felling in the reader. Then Rushdie incorporates this feeling of chaos and relates it to the action of the story. He first brings us to the quaint village of Kashmiri. Then Aziz moves and we are taken to a busier city. Tension mounts between man and wife and the point of view changes once again. In a poor town in the chaos of revolution the tension continues to mount. As the setting continues to change so too does the amount of disorder. It’s a very effective technique and is enjoyable to read.