Sunday, March 8, 2009
Will Kromer - Setting
This book's setting is very erratic, the time period and location jump around when we switch from Saleem's point of view to Aadam's viewpoint, adn later to Mumtaz's perspective. However, we always remain in India. Salman Rushdie does a very nice job with being descriptive and using imagery. When we are following Saleem, there are many commentaries about the revolution against England. This was kind of cool to read because we have recently learned about this in AP World, and that was the setting of our movie for movie night. When Rushdie changes cities he is giving us a view if the widespread turmoil in India.
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I really like how we switch settings a lot because the impression I got from the book was that each part of India differs greatly from another. Therefore I like how he allows us to get a broader scope of India by making the characters move or switching from character to character. I also like the changing time periods because its interesting to see the changes between the generations.
ReplyDeleteRushdie does give an excellent description of India, especially the turmoil. He has such an amazing idea of what's going on. Rushdie captures the chaos of the riots and the revolution so well for the readers. As well as the culture.
ReplyDeleteOnce again Huzza for AP world. well i agree that the swithes do offer a great view of the diversity of India, i also believe that each setting change is a key point in the story of Saleem's birth.
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