https://padlet.com/hhins002/sar4460rubbb6d4m en-us 2023-05-31 21:32:50 UTC 2023-06-02 19:55:30 UTC hello@padlet.com hhins002 https://padlet.com/hhins002/sar4460rubbb6d4m/wish/2613176825 Midnight is a central metaphor from the novel, relating to the creation of India as an independent nation on midnight of August 15th 1947. "Clock hands joined palms in respectful greeting as I came. Oh, spell it out, spell it out: at the precise instant of India's arrival at independence." (Rushdie, 3).]]> 2023-06-02 18:17:24 UTC https://padlet.com/hhins002/sar4460rubbb6d4m/wish/2613176825 hhins002 https://padlet.com/hhins002/sar4460rubbb6d4m/wish/2613176968 The first example of midnight being a significant metaphor would be the beginning of India's independence, or their rebirth as a nation. This is the quotation that introduces the plot and the "midnight children." The protagonist, Saleem Sinai, claims to be a midnight child, being born at the exact moment of India's independence on August 15th, 1947 relating the beginning of his existence to the destiny of the country. ]]> 2023-06-02 18:17:36 UTC https://padlet.com/hhins002/sar4460rubbb6d4m/wish/2613176968 hhins002 https://padlet.com/hhins002/sar4460rubbb6d4m/wish/2613177165 Another example of the metaphor midnight would be the "midnight feasts." "Midnight feasts" were meals enjoyed by children in the boarding school away from adults and watchful eyes. Midnight, in this example, contributes to the representation of freedom and rebellion. It shows the wanting, from the children, to form their own identities.]]> 2023-06-02 18:17:59 UTC https://padlet.com/hhins002/sar4460rubbb6d4m/wish/2613177165 hhins002 https://padlet.com/hhins002/sar4460rubbb6d4m/wish/2613177727 The midnight evictions are yet another example of how midnight is used throughout the novel as a symbol. The darker side of the symbol midnight is represented through this example, as thousands of citizens are forcibly removed from their homes. This is initiated by Indira Gandhi on midnight of March 25, 1975. The common ideals of India's hopes associated with their independence are disregarded in this example, effectively representing the darkness of midnight.]]> 2023-06-02 18:18:51 UTC https://padlet.com/hhins002/sar4460rubbb6d4m/wish/2613177727 hhins002 https://padlet.com/hhins002/sar4460rubbb6d4m/wish/2613177979 "The recognition of metaphor thus becomes not only a sign of power but also a powerful marker of cultural instability; metaphors need to be considered not only in terms of their endurance but also in terms of their passing away, their failure to fix language in untenable postures, the ways they have of vacating meanings and leaving us adrift, surrounded only by cliché, metaphor's ideological residue" (Punter,102).]]> 2023-06-02 18:19:13 UTC https://padlet.com/hhins002/sar4460rubbb6d4m/wish/2613177979 hhins002 https://padlet.com/hhins002/sar4460rubbb6d4m/wish/2613178056 "Children share with bonobos an instinctive metaphor-making ability... Developmental research routinely finds that kids produce metaphors with alacrity and ease" (Geary, 154).]]> 2023-06-02 18:19:20 UTC https://padlet.com/hhins002/sar4460rubbb6d4m/wish/2613178056 hhins002 https://padlet.com/hhins002/sar4460rubbb6d4m/wish/2613178526 This quotation relates to the central metaphor of midnight because even after the acknowledgment of midnight throughout the novel, it's effects linger and characters/events are effected greatly. For example, the midnight evictions left a profound effect on the citizens of India, namely the lower income or marginalized.]]> 2023-06-02 18:19:45 UTC https://padlet.com/hhins002/sar4460rubbb6d4m/wish/2613178526 hhins002 https://padlet.com/hhins002/sar4460rubbb6d4m/wish/2613178689 The second quotation relates to the central metaphor of midnight because of the midnight feasts in which the children took part. In the shield of darkness, feasts were enjoyed by children away from adults- a metaphor created by the likes of children throughout the novel.]]> 2023-06-02 18:19:59 UTC https://padlet.com/hhins002/sar4460rubbb6d4m/wish/2613178689