Rushdie References (pg. 21-40/Chapter 2)
The chapter begins with the author returning home to visit family. After learning information of his old friend’s whereabouts, Rushdie visits him. Rushdie explains his ideas for a book he is planning to write. He also lets the audience in with some simple information on the main character in his novel, Omar. The story returns back to the sisters. Omar is imprisoned for 12 years in his mothers' mansion. One day while playing in the gates of his home, he notices a crack on the wall. Through the crack he sees the outside world. After this day, he develops a need to leave his mansion and enter the outside world. Omar grows to despise his mothers for their tight relationship and constant overprotection. He discovers a library within his house and with the mass amount of textbooks, he educates himself. He also teaches himself how to perform hypnosis. On his 12th birthday he asks his mother for two gifts: to know his father's name and for his mothers to let him outside the house. This request causes his mothers to argue, which brought out their differences for the first time. They agree to let him to go to school outside the house. As soon as he takes his first journey outside his house, a group of people armed with satchels confront him. They explained they were seeking revenge for his mothers' actions. Before anything dangerous escalated, his schoolmaster Rodrigues saves him.
References
Nishapur- a Northeast city in Iran
Rubaiyat- 4-line poems in a book by Omar Khayyam
Karachi- Financial centre in Pakistan and its largest city
The chapter begins with the author returning home to visit family. After learning information of his old friend’s whereabouts, Rushdie visits him. Rushdie explains his ideas for a book he is planning to write. He also lets the audience in with some simple information on the main character in his novel, Omar. The story returns back to the sisters. Omar is imprisoned for 12 years in his mothers' mansion. One day while playing in the gates of his home, he notices a crack on the wall. Through the crack he sees the outside world. After this day, he develops a need to leave his mansion and enter the outside world. Omar grows to despise his mothers for their tight relationship and constant overprotection. He discovers a library within his house and with the mass amount of textbooks, he educates himself. He also teaches himself how to perform hypnosis. On his 12th birthday he asks his mother for two gifts: to know his father's name and for his mothers to let him outside the house. This request causes his mothers to argue, which brought out their differences for the first time. They agree to let him to go to school outside the house. As soon as he takes his first journey outside his house, a group of people armed with satchels confront him. They explained they were seeking revenge for his mothers' actions. Before anything dangerous escalated, his schoolmaster Rodrigues saves him.
References
Nishapur- a Northeast city in Iran
Rubaiyat- 4-line poems in a book by Omar Khayyam
Karachi- Financial centre in Pakistan and its largest city
-- Victor S.
(Edited by Noelia)
(Edited by Noelia)
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