ENGB19H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Jay Gatsby, Mohammed Nadir Shah, Adam And Eve
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Midnight"s children rushdie to al india radio . Family tree of 150 pages; completely made up, what does this mean: alia. Resentment of ahmed sinai; but needs direct family line, creates ancestry. All family trees are somewhat invented; ppl. focus on some family members they want to associate themselves with, others they ignore. Amina is mother of prophet, mumtaz is also now amina, his mother; he makes himself seem in parallel with the prophet. History is told based on one sharing it; present could"ve been different b/c different paths possible saleem reminds us of that. The great gatsby jay gatsby finds someone who could be a prot g and remodels himself as that. Adoption rather than blood; dna doesn"t prove your family. Dickens oliver twist, orphan, raised by somebody else, thinking i don"t belong here , parents turn out to be upper class or noble discover true identity.
