https://padlet.com/olivierdejulien/kbzamwf6d4osj942 en-us 2023-05-31 19:20:45 UTC 2025-10-12 14:09:58 UTC hello@padlet.com olivierdejulien https://padlet.com/olivierdejulien/kbzamwf6d4osj942/wish/2610938903 "On the stroke of midnight, as a matter of fact. Clock-hands joined at the precise instant of India's arrival at independence, I tumbled forward into the world" (Rushdie 3). 

]]> 2023-05-31 20:10:55 UTC https://padlet.com/olivierdejulien/kbzamwf6d4osj942/wish/2610938903 olivierdejulien https://padlet.com/olivierdejulien/kbzamwf6d4osj942/wish/2610943499 The central metaphor manifests in the novel by explaining the birth of the main character, Saleem Sinai, who is telling the story.]]> 2023-05-31 20:18:05 UTC https://padlet.com/olivierdejulien/kbzamwf6d4osj942/wish/2610943499 olivierdejulien https://padlet.com/olivierdejulien/kbzamwf6d4osj942/wish/2610947543 The central metaphor above also provides vital information about Saleem Sinai, letting the audience know he was born at midnight, and is one of the midnight children, reiterating the novel's name. ]]> 2023-05-31 20:24:15 UTC https://padlet.com/olivierdejulien/kbzamwf6d4osj942/wish/2610947543 olivierdejulien https://padlet.com/olivierdejulien/kbzamwf6d4osj942/wish/2610968312 The central metaphor informs the audience that Saleem Sinai's fate was tied to the country of India, which is another pivotal element of the story. ]]> 2023-05-31 21:00:19 UTC https://padlet.com/olivierdejulien/kbzamwf6d4osj942/wish/2610968312 olivierdejulien https://padlet.com/olivierdejulien/kbzamwf6d4osj942/wish/2610971315 "Though invented by ancient Icelandic bards, kennings are still quite common. Simple phrases such as "house plant, head ache, brain storm, and pay wall are all basic kennings" (Geary 153). ]]> 2023-05-31 21:05:18 UTC https://padlet.com/olivierdejulien/kbzamwf6d4osj942/wish/2610971315 olivierdejulien https://padlet.com/olivierdejulien/kbzamwf6d4osj942/wish/2610972813 An example of kennings used in Midninght's Children occurs when Saleem describes how his birth was received. "I was left entirely without a say in the matter, I, Saleem Sinai, later variously called Snotnose, Stainface" (Rushdie 3). ]]> 2023-05-31 21:07:46 UTC https://padlet.com/olivierdejulien/kbzamwf6d4osj942/wish/2610972813 olivierdejulien https://padlet.com/olivierdejulien/kbzamwf6d4osj942/wish/2610973601 "In science, metaphor tells you what things are like, not what they are. After analogy, Deutsch says that the final step in the discovery process is to understand the thing in its own right, not metaphorically. Once you do this, you can dispense with the metaphor and understand the world as it actually is" (Geary 177). ]]> 2023-05-31 21:09:17 UTC https://padlet.com/olivierdejulien/kbzamwf6d4osj942/wish/2610973601 olivierdejulien https://padlet.com/olivierdejulien/kbzamwf6d4osj942/wish/2610978461 "The world was new again. After a winter's gestation in its eggshell of ice, the valley had beaked in its way out into the open, moist of yellow. The new grass bided its time underground; the mountains were retreating to their hill-stations for the warm season" (Rushdie 4). ]]> 2023-05-31 21:18:14 UTC https://padlet.com/olivierdejulien/kbzamwf6d4osj942/wish/2610978461