Midnight's Children - Central Metaphor by Jean D https://padlet.com/jeanlesly/h4v57xtziq3plg3l en-us 2021-11-14 23:05:28 UTC 2026-01-10 14:08:55 UTC hello@padlet.com Snakes jeanlesly https://padlet.com/jeanlesly/h4v57xtziq3plg3l/wish/1889740462 2021-11-14 23:09:56 UTC https://padlet.com/jeanlesly/h4v57xtziq3plg3l/wish/1889740462 Ex.1 " All games have morals: and the game of Snakes and Ladders captures, as no other activity can hope to do, the eternal truth that for every ladder you climb, a snake is waiting just around the corner; and for every snake, a ladder will compensate." jeanlesly https://padlet.com/jeanlesly/h4v57xtziq3plg3l/wish/1889741297 2021-11-14 23:11:12 UTC https://padlet.com/jeanlesly/h4v57xtziq3plg3l/wish/1889741297 Ex. 2 " but throughout the snakes winter and the hot season, my mother fought my fathers fight." jeanlesly https://padlet.com/jeanlesly/h4v57xtziq3plg3l/wish/1889742522 2021-11-14 23:12:50 UTC https://padlet.com/jeanlesly/h4v57xtziq3plg3l/wish/1889742522 Ex. 3 " Mary Pereira is about to discover that even when you win a battle; even when staircases are in your favor, you can't avoid a snake." jeanlesly https://padlet.com/jeanlesly/h4v57xtziq3plg3l/wish/1889746620 2021-11-14 23:18:31 UTC https://padlet.com/jeanlesly/h4v57xtziq3plg3l/wish/1889746620 Telepathy - Magical Realism jeanlesly https://padlet.com/jeanlesly/h4v57xtziq3plg3l/wish/1889754168 2021-11-14 23:29:06 UTC https://padlet.com/jeanlesly/h4v57xtziq3plg3l/wish/1889754168 " Telepathy set me apart; telecommunication dragged me down." jeanlesly https://padlet.com/jeanlesly/h4v57xtziq3plg3l/wish/1889755142 2021-11-14 23:30:24 UTC https://padlet.com/jeanlesly/h4v57xtziq3plg3l/wish/1889755142