https://padlet.com/roberthurley25/wzx6pisajy22tkoc en-us 2022-09-19 23:55:59 UTC 2022-09-22 02:08:14 UTC hello@padlet.com roberthurley25 https://padlet.com/roberthurley25/wzx6pisajy22tkoc/wish/2303869402 2022-09-20 00:00:38 UTC https://padlet.com/roberthurley25/wzx6pisajy22tkoc/wish/2303869402 roberthurley25 https://padlet.com/roberthurley25/wzx6pisajy22tkoc/wish/2303874954 The Moon of Kahini and the City of Kahini are two very similar places, they even have the same name. When the reader is introduced to these places both Kahinis are drowning in sadness, but through Haroun's heroics and bravery, they are turned into happy places and are changed forever. In the city that change is the happiness rain which helps them re-discover their name, and on the moon the evil cult is destroyed and the relationship between the two cities is repaired leading them to a much happier and more peaceful place. 

]]> 2022-09-20 00:06:59 UTC https://padlet.com/roberthurley25/wzx6pisajy22tkoc/wish/2303874954 roberthurley25 https://padlet.com/roberthurley25/wzx6pisajy22tkoc/wish/2303876551 Though we did discuss it in class, I feel that we did not go into very much depth about the parallel characters, Mr. Sengupta and Khattam-Shud. Both steal happiness, whether that be from Haroun or from the entire city of Gup; Both "kidnap" a woman who are important in the characters' lives, Soraya, and Batcheat; and both are not seen again after they are dumped or killed.]]> 2022-09-20 00:08:41 UTC https://padlet.com/roberthurley25/wzx6pisajy22tkoc/wish/2303876551 roberthurley25 https://padlet.com/roberthurley25/wzx6pisajy22tkoc/wish/2303881862 This quote comes from when Haroun, Rashid, and Snooty Buttoo embark out into the dull lake and encounter the mist of Misery. This is the first encounter with magic in the entire book in the "real" world, and this quote is so important because it plants a seed in the reader's mind about magic and if it is real or not.]]> 2022-09-20 00:13:45 UTC https://padlet.com/roberthurley25/wzx6pisajy22tkoc/wish/2303881862 roberthurley25 https://padlet.com/roberthurley25/wzx6pisajy22tkoc/wish/2303891100 The context of this quote is when Haroun calls Moon Kahini not real. Blabbermouth quickly retorts that this is all real, which makes the reader question what is actually the real world in this book. It also furthers the readers' beliefs about magic, because if Kahini is real then magic is real.]]> 2022-09-20 00:21:33 UTC https://padlet.com/roberthurley25/wzx6pisajy22tkoc/wish/2303891100 roberthurley25 https://padlet.com/roberthurley25/wzx6pisajy22tkoc/wish/2303899538 This quote comes when Haroun wakes up at the Arabian Nights plus one and discovers that he was left a note from all his friends on the fantastical Moon of Kahini. This final quote confirms that magic is in fact real because there is proof of it in the real world.]]> 2022-09-20 00:27:57 UTC https://padlet.com/roberthurley25/wzx6pisajy22tkoc/wish/2303899538 roberthurley25 https://padlet.com/roberthurley25/wzx6pisajy22tkoc/wish/2307649130 What Rushdie means when he says this is that even wonder tales and completely fictitious stories have a basis in reality because of the message they convey. For example, in the tortoise and the hare, it is clearly unrealistic that two animals would have a race, but the realistic part of the story is the moral, and the moral of this story is you can be more successful by doing things slowly and steadily than by acting quickly and carelessly.]]> 2022-09-21 22:33:39 UTC https://padlet.com/roberthurley25/wzx6pisajy22tkoc/wish/2307649130 roberthurley25 https://padlet.com/roberthurley25/wzx6pisajy22tkoc/wish/2307705204 From Rushdie's writings and interviews, it is known that The Wizard of Oz was influential to the story of Haroun and the Sea of Stories. Haroun and Oz are actually very similar story-wise. In Haroun and the Sea of Stories, Rashid loses his wife and his ability to tell stories while in the movie, Dorothy loses Toto, and while searching for their respective losses they are sent to fantastical worlds. They then both meet the friendly people of these fantastical worlds who send them on a quest to save the world from the antagonist. The protagonists meet new friends and defeats the antagonist. The ending of the two stories is where they differ though. Rushdie stated that he fervently dislikes the ending of The Wizard of Oz because it makes no sense why Dorothy would ever want to go home because Oz is so much better than Kansas, so in his book, Haroun and the Sea of Stories, Rushdie changes the ending, so the sad place Haroun goes back to becomes happy, making the ending much more realistic.]]> 2022-09-21 23:55:00 UTC https://padlet.com/roberthurley25/wzx6pisajy22tkoc/wish/2307705204