54 pages • 1 hour read
Salman RushdieShame
Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1983A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more.
Essay Topics
1.
What does the house of Nishapur symbolize? How does the symbolism evolve over the course of the novel? Use specific examples from the text to analyze each transition.
2.
Who is the more powerful hypnotist, Omar or Sufiya? What is their symbolic relationship to hypnosis?
3.
In what way does the novel portray the mindset of the state? How does this paranoia relate to the novel’s ideas about shame?
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