Haroun and the Sea of Stories Chapter Four and Five Literature Circle Discussion Questions

Haroun and the Sea of Stories chapter four and five literature circle discussion questions

Directions: In your table groups, using your novels, discuss quotations that are relevant evidence for each of these questions. Then, respond in your own writing and on your own paper using complete ideas for each question on your own paper. Questions will be collected at the beginning of the next class period.

1. Describe the Ocean of the Streams of Story. (Isn’t Rashid the Ocean of Notions?) What characteristics do they both share?
2. Based on the quote on page 83/4, what does Rushdie think about the nature of fiction being published today? What is he saying about the relationship between all stories?
3. What story does Haroun “drink?” Why is that story so sad?
4. Explain what happens when Haroun drinks the wish water.What does he want to wish for?What does he end up wishing for? Why?
5. Draw Kahani (include Gup, Chup, and the Wall of Force); explore allegorical meaning of the division (Rushdie 80). What types of government seem to be in effect in Gup and Chup?Explain the conflict between Gup and Chup. How does this secondary conflictadd meaning to Haroun’s journey?
6. Explore the motif of pollution in Haroun.
7. We learn that Floating Gardeners and Plentimaw Fishes communicate differently. What is a real-world lesson that this allegory is trying to communicate?
8. Describe the “library.” #irony How is its hegemony organized? Who is in charge?
9. What P2C2Es has Rushdie presented in this story thus far? Why?
10. Analyze the princess rescue story that is developing in Haroun and the Sea of Stories. (Rushdie 73, 90)
11. “Any story that is worth its salt can stand up to a little questioning.” Analyze thisquote’s allegorical commentary in terms of religious texts, in terms of The Satanic Verses, etc.