Good Advice is Rarer than Rubies – Caught between Cultures

Eingeschickt am Donnerstag, 19. Juni 2008
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Good Advice is Rarer than Rubies – Caught between Cultures

Zusammenfassung des Kapitels "Good Advice is Rarer than Rubies"

Für eine komplette Inhaltsangabe empfehlen wir euch die offizielle Lektürenhilfe.

Salman Rushdie (1987)

Setting:

70ies, Pakistan

Point of View:

3rd Person narrator, who gives the ride trought Ali and Rehanas mind

Charakters:

Miss Rehana -  charming, honest, innocent, beautiful, temptress, naiv, happy, knows what she wants, orphan, independant. Ali -  dishonest, criminal, no scrupies, generous, symphatic, oldfool, selfish, gently, pitiful, disappointed, nice, poor shanty-town man, unhappy + hard life. other Tuesday women - veiled, dependant.

Plot Exposition -  Arrival to the consulate. Miss Rehana wants to apply for a British passport. Conflict/Rising action - Ali offers and gives her an advice. Climax - Ali wannts to help her and offers her a forged passport. She rejects his help and goes into the consulate. Resolution - Rehanna will stay in Pakistan. She explains her reasons.

Themes:

arranged marriages developing role of Muslim woman/ Immanzipation Immigration to western countries
	
				
				

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