54 pages 1 hour read

Salman Rushdie

Shame

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1983

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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.

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Who is the more powerful hypnotist, Omar or Sufiya? What is their symbolic relationship to hypnosis?

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In what way does the novel portray the mindset of the state? How does this paranoia relate to the novel’s ideas about shame?