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    River of Smoke by Amitav Ghosh is a novel about a older lady in Mauritius, visiting her shrine with all of it's family history. The author is using journals,books,documents, word list, etc. Of those who lived in Canton around and when he did. Within these items he's using them to share / guide us through his experience in china.

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    River of Smoke by Amitav Ghosh is a novel about a older lady in Mauritius, visiting her shrine with all of it's family history. The author is using journals,books,documents, word list, etc. Of those who lived in Canton around and when he did. Within these items he's using them to share / guide us through his experience in china.

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    River of Smoke by Amitav Ghosh is a novel about a older lady in Mauritius, visiting her shrine with all of it's family history. The author is using journals,books,documents, word list, etc. Of those who lived in Canton around and when he did. Within these items he's using them to share / guide us through his experience in china.

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    byAmitavGhosh,thisnovelisaboutaolderladyDeetiColverinMauritius,
    visitinghershrinewithallofitsfamilyhistory.Theauthorisusingjournals,books,documents,word
    list,etc.ofthosewholivedinCantonaroundandwhenhedid.Withintheseitemshe'susingthemto
    share/guideusthroughhisexperienceinChina.Forexamplethefirstchapterisajournalsharinga
    girl'sdestiny,thesecondchapterisgivingaboyajournaltoreadtointerpretanexperiencethat
    happened,andsoforth.Withinthisnoveltheauthorstoolboxisshowedthroughimagery,pointof
    view,andforeshadowing.
    Ghoshalsousesimageryfromtheauthorstoolbox.
    RiverofSmoke
    isaverydetailednovel,
    asincreatesaimageforyou.Itsatthepointwhereyoucanmakeamovieinyourhead.Forexample
    thenovelstates,Deetisshrinewashiddeninacliff,inafarcornerofMauritiuswheretheislands
    westernandsouthernshorelinescollideformthewind.Therewasnothinglikeitanywhereelse
    (Ghosh,3).Asyoucanseetheauthorwasverydetailedaboutthiscertaincliff.Youcandrawouta
    perfectpictureofitandknowwhereitis.
    Pointofviewisalsoshowninthenovel.Inthenovelitstates,Ineverycorneroftheearth,
    whohaveseenvastlymorethanwecaneverhopefor.Thisreallyshowsapointofviewinandwhat
    theauthorbelievesin.Manytimesinthisnovelittalksaboutthebeliefsandreligionwithinthis
    chinesetribe.
    Theauthor,Ghosh,isconstantlyforeshadowingwithinthenovel.Heusesthese
    journals,books,documents,wordlisttotellhisstory.Inalloftheseitemsarestorieswhichhappened
    withinatribeinChina.

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