Salman Rushdie

"In the South" by Salman Rushdie explores themes of aging, memory, and the passage of time through the lives of two elderly men, Senior and Junior. The characters contrast each other: Senior is...

In "On Censorship," Rushdie argues that censorship is an oppressive force that hinders freedom of expression and creativity. He defines censorship as a tool used by authorities to control and...

The narrator of "At the Auction of the Ruby Slippers" is critiquing the illusions we hold of being able to buy our way into magical powers. He does this through the use of hyperbole and sordid...

Rushdie portrays diasporic identity as a transformative experience that profoundly affects migrants' relationships with both their homeland and host country. In works like Imaginary Homelands,...

In the story "In the South" by Salman Rushdie, Junior and Senior insult one another all the time, so it can be seen that they are using verbal irony. Their ritual of insulting each other is like a...

There are actually some really interesting metaphors in the very first sentence of this story. The narrator describes the "explosion of heat rippling the air," comparing the extremely high...

The attitude toward the religious relic in Salman Rushdie's "The Prophet's Hair" is characterized by irony and skepticism. The relic, the Prophet's hair, is portrayed as a powerful, magical object...

In "Imagine no heaven," Salman Rushdie argues that orthodox religion is a significant external force regulating and defining lives. He critiques religious dogma for controlling individuals by...

Salman Rushdie's novels indeed satirize the interface of history and fiction by blending satire with historical events to explore consciousness. In "Midnight's Children," he satirizes post-Partition...

The giant faucets are part of an extended metaphor Salman Rushdie uses in "On Censorship." They describe a hypothetical limiting of breathable air (like someone is turning off the faucets in the air...