Rushdie's Use Of Untrue Stories: Chapter Analysis

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In the first chapter, Haroun is questioning his father’s stories. Haroun is mainly angry that his mother left him so he yells at his dad. His questioning is represented in my drawing with the question marks surrounding the story book. I think it is Rushdie’s goal to make the audience question the use of untrue stories as well. Rushdie is writing a fictional story to make one think about why they are reading the story and mainly thinking about why untrue stories are important. At this point in time, I would answer this question as we use untrue stories to entertain and reflect on our own true lives. In the book, Rashid’s use of stories has evoked great controversy among many people including Haroun himself. I think this symbolic of Rushdie …show more content…
He begins to believe what his father says, as shown in the second passage. He tells the bus driver of a beautiful place his father told him about. He doesn’t just think that his father was just telling of an imaginative place near the Tunnel of I; he believes in what his father says and wants to experience what his father described. This is a great change from where he was at the beginning. In my drawing, this quote is represented with the bird in a tree. There are letters surrounding the tree because the place is described using letters as locations. In the third chapter, Haroun fully experiences the use of his father’s stories. Haroun has changed so much that he realizes that his father's stories aren’t just stories; they are the truth. Haroun accepts this father's stories because they are real. He experiences the Moody Land in real life and understands that stories can be real. My drawing has the moon shining down on a lake with Haroun inside the book. This represents his true experience of Moody Lake in real life. All three of my quotes show the progress of Haroun and his comprehension of stories. He starts off questioning and confused. He progresses to accept what his father says. In chapter three, he experiences one of his father’s stories in real