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Midnight’s Children

 Salman Rushdie
 

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1. What role does religious imagery play in the novel?
 
 
2. What is the significance of Saleem's adoption of Parvati-the-witch's son?
 
 
3. How does Rushdie's narrative style reflect the novel's intentions?
 
 
 

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1. How reliable a narrator is Saleem?
 
2. What is the role of fate in this novel?
 
3. Is Shiva a sympathetic character?
 
4. What is the significance of impotence throughout the novel?
 
5. Is Saleem's crumbling death inevitable?
 
 
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