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This 6 page paper argues that gender structures Salman Rushdie's novel's narrative in terms of the way in which men and women are shown as opposites, not only because of their gender, but because of the symbolic way Rushdie uses them. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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and the transformation of strangers into married couples. The paper examines these transformations and argues that gender structures the novels narrative concerns in terms of the way in which the
men and women are opposites, not only because of their gender, but because of the symbolic way Rushdie uses them. Discussion The novel is narrated by Saleem Sinai, a character
of truly awesome physical ugliness, particularly his nose, which is so large others call it a "cyranose" among other things (Rushdie 8). His nose is Saleems irrefutable proof that he
is someone special. But it is also distracting, comical and ugly all at once; in this amazing appendage, as in the character of Saleem himself, we see the many conflicting
facets of India. Rushdie begins his tale with Dr. Aadam Aziz, Saleems grandfather, examining Naseem, the woman who will become his wife. In keeping with the custom of the time,
Dr. Aziz is not allowed to examine his patient by having her undress; instead, she remains behind a sheet with holes in it so that he can examine only the
area of her body affected by the condition (Rushdie). As we might imagine, this is both exasperating and highly erotic; even more importantly, she is a metaphor for India itself.
Consider: "So gradually Doctor Aziz came to have a picture of Naseem in his mind, a badly fitting collage of her severally inspected parts. This phantasm of a partitioned woman
began to haunt him, and not only in his dreams" (Rushdie 22). The use of the word "partitioned" in this context-or indeed in any work about India-resonates strongly, since
"partition" is the word used to describe the events that occurred when the British left India and created two separate nations, India and Pakistan. Naseem appears to be very sickly
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