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A 6 page
paper which compares and contrasts “Satanic Verses” by Salman Rushdie and “A Room
With a View” by E.M. Forster. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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6 pages (~225 words per page)
File: JR7_RAsaview.rtf
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first glance, incredibly different stories, with different themes and characters, they are also stories which illustrate the need and desire to find ones place in English society. Both novels are
incredibly different, and yet also similar in their discussion of the pressures and expectations of a society and those within a society who wish to belong, yet wish to find
their own identity away from the English society. With that in mind the following paper first examines Rushdies work and then Forsters work. The paper finishes with a comparison and
contrast of the two. Satanic Verses Rushdies novel "The Satanic Verses" is a work that has received a great deal of criticism. One author notes that "Much of
the controversy and agitation surrounding Salman Rushdies novel entitled The Satanic Verses was caused by certain translations that offended the sensibilities of certain Islamic religious groups. This development shows the
difficult balancing act that translators have to undertake to faithfully convey the authors message" (Mann 281). According to another author it seems as though Rushdie was seen as a very
evil figure that needed to be eliminated. This author states that Ayatollah Khomeini once said, "The author of the Satanic Verses book, which is against Islam, the Prophet and the
Koran, and all those involved in its publication who were aware of its content, are sentenced to death. I ask all Moslems to execute them wherever they find them" to
which Rushdie commented, "I call upon the intellectual community in this country and abroad to stand up for freedom of the imagination, an issue much larger than my book or
indeed my life" (The Economist (US) 96). Apparently this particular book truly offended many and, perhaps, rightfully so: "A literary critic, in private conversation, said, Theres no doubt that
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