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A 4 page paper which examines how Rushdie, in the novel "Shame," works to ultimately create a vision of failure regarding Pakistan. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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and fantasy, history and autobiography, and the individual and the collective into a devastating critique of Pakistan as a failure of the dreaming mind" (86). From this perspective we can
assume that Rushdie uses "inventive narrative work to expose and account for that failure" as suggested by the student. The following paper examines how Rushdie does this. Shame
In many ways the story involves two powerful men who are at odds with one another. They ultimately represent the combative and chaotic nature of the people and the society.
And one interesting aspect of this story involves a character who is seen as mentally disabled: "Sufiya Zinobia, daughter of Hyder, and wife of Shakil. Although a brainsick girl since
infancy...is preternaturally aware of the shameful deeds being committed all around her by the men of her country" (BookRags, 2005). This is a very powerful element that presents us with
a narrative which is fantasy, wherein a girl who is brain damaged is able to see the evil and the corruption around her. In this sort of a narrative we
are offered satire and irony, which are powerful elements when concerning how Rushdies work exposes and accounts for the failure of these people. If a girl, an idiot, can see
these things, these realities, it is no wonder there is ultimate failure. Rushdies work is one that attacks the rulers and history of Pakistan. As one author notes, "Rushdies
major premise is that the history of Pakistan is a shameful one, filled with coups, massacres, rigged elections, religious hypocrisy, and power-hungry, treacherous, mean-minded men who violated the ideals that
led to the formation of a state meant to embody purity of faith" (BookRags, 2005). He is able to present the reader with the images of this truth by tearing
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