ENGB19H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Mahatma Gandhi, Erectile Dysfunction, Lisa Lopes
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For tuesday, read sidhwa to end of chapter 16. Micro-composition prompt: seen from the child"s perspective, everything seems like a form of play, but all the play has a hint of violence. Topics for today: apocalypse, indira ghandi, national consciousness, imagining the nation. Saleem has rational mind that seeks purpose. Saleem tries pushing shiva out of mind. Conscience/superego: voice of prohibition, of outside morality, integrate in head to feel guilt. Indira ghandi obey or i will castrate you (is freudian) Nurture is everything, nature is not: seems like this in this novel, saleem knows it too, sees this as arbitrary but still asks us to put our faith in him (saleem) somehow. In novel shiva becomes major shiva: shiva & indira ghandi are kind of allies, one f the establishment(s) you can be all you want to be , shiva"s violence comes in handy. Nurture stories you inherit matters more than blood.
