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Summary Chapter 1Chapter one talks about the country of Alifbay andthe sad city. It introduces the protagonist of the story,Haroun and his father, Rashid. Rashid is known for hischeerfulness and we can infer from this chapter thathe is not influenced by the sadness of others. Thishappiness of Rashid is linked to his special storytelling
abilities.
Chapter 2Butt, a new character, is introduced into the story inChapter two. He is reckless, but still cares alot forHaroun. He does everything possible to please
Haroun and tries his hardest for Haroun and Rashid tosee the magnificent sunset in the Valley of K. Thisaction of his also includes not doing his job ofcollecting the mail.
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Summary Chapter 3Haroun and Rashid come to the Valley of K andHaroun discovers that the real world is full of magic,so magical worlds could easily be real. He alsomeets Iff, the water genie, and learns about theexistence of the Sea of Stories, Kahani, and GupCity. He then travels to Gup City to speak to the
Walrus and try to slove his father's problem.
Chapter 4Haroun meets Butt the Hoopoe which is actually theButt the bus driver too. Iff then decides to take ashortcut to help Haroun with his problem. He and
Butt the Hoopoe bring Haroun to the Deep North ofKahani to use Wishwater, which will grant his wish.However, Haroun's own problem of concentrationprevents him from doing so. Here, the trio alsorealizes that the ocean is poisoned, and they thenrush to Gup City.
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Literary Devices
Personification
1) Page 15Maybe the sadness of the city finally
crept in through their windows.
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Literary Devices Foreshadowing
1) Page 15,16
The day Soraya stopped singing, in themiddle of a line, as if someone had thrown
a switch, Haroun guessed there was troublebrewing. But he never suspected howmuch.
2) Page 40
In the old tongue, Rashid admitted, itwas the word for nightmare.
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Literary Devices Metaphors
1) Page 25
There are fields of gold and mountains ofsilver
Similes
1) Page 37
If we crash now, if were smashed to bits orfried like potato chips in a burning wreck, it willbe my fault this time, too.
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Character Qualities Chapter 1 Rashid:
Cares more about other people than his own family --
With all his rehearsals and performances, Rashid was so
often on stage that he lost track of what was going on
at home.
Likes to beat around the bush --Straight answers were
beyond the powers of Rashid Khalifa, who would never
take a shortcut if there were a longer route available.
Haroun:
Low emotional quotient--The first thing Haroun said
on hearing his mother's leave was, 'What did you
have to break my clock for?' when obviously Haroun
could tell that Rashid was very depressed.
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Character Qualities Chapter 2 Mr Butt, the Mail Coach driver
Keep to his words --'It was a figure of speech,' Mr Butt
replied. 'But but but I will stand by it! A figure of speech
is a shifty thing; it can be twisted or it can be straight.
But Butt's a straight man, not a twister. What's your wish,
my young master?'
Puts promise before job --Mr Butt had simply decided
not to stop for mail in order to keep his promise to
Haroun.
Rashid
Low intelligent quotient--'Expenses of the journey?'
Rashid hopefully inquired, but the shouting men
shouted, 'More cash demands! Cheek! Cheek of the
Chappie!' and drove away at high speed.
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Character Qualities Chapter 3
Snooty Buttoo
Jumps to conclusions --But at once, Snooty
Buttoo's voice cried out, 'Lenient Mr Rashid, it
seems the boy wants to cover-up his stink making
with inventions.'
Close minded, cannot appreciate --'Very pleasant'
does not cover it all! Admit at the very least, that it
is all Super-Marvelloso, Incredible, and wholly
Fantastick.'
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Character Qualities Chapter 4
Iff the Water Genie
Very imaginative --Iff gave a snort of disgust, 'A
person may choose what he cannot see.'
Haroun
Unobservant-He did not even notice that Butt the
Hoopoe was talking telepathically until a few
sentences later.
-Likes to argue a lot--Keeps arguing with Butt the
Hoopoe about the geography of Kahani
Likes to question a lot--Haroun had plenty more
questions to ask.
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Themes: Chapter 1
Life has its ups and downs and youshould treasure what you have as younever know when it is going to be takenaway from you
Never be too greedy. Know what you need, not what you want
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The poor lived in tumbledown shacks
made of old cardboard boxes and plasticsheeting and these shacks were gluedtogether by despair.
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Themes: Chapter 2
Help can come from the mostunexpected of people, no matter whohe/she is.
Haroun wanted to cheer Rashid up bybringing him to see the sunset. However,the tickets at the counter were preciousand very hard to acquire. Then, the most
unexpected thing occurs-Butt, a totallyrandom character offers to bring them tosee the sunset, for absolutely free.
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Themes: Chapter 3
Realism, related to real life. Sucking up toyour superiors or bosses in order to wintheir favour and in turn get a better job,position at job and more money. This is
done by sweet talking or sending gifts toyour boss.
This occurs when Snooty Buttoo sucks up
to Rashid as he needs to Rashid to tellgood stories of him, so that he is able towin the crowds favour.
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Themes: Chapter 4
Pollution is ruining everything
Even in Kahani, pollution is experiencedby the great story sea.
We must save our earth and stoppolluting mother nature before itbecomes too late
Even in Kahani, they do not escape thethreats of pollution, which is caused byKhattam-Shud