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ALVARADO STEM 4 ATOM

LITERARY TEXT ANALYSIS

Author/ Representative Genre/Structure/

Literary Period Text Elements

Genre: Novel, Fiction, Magical realism,

Sir Ahmed Salman The Satanic Verses Drama, Tragedy
Rushdie/
Late 20th Century Theme:
(Modern South Asian  Alienation
Literature)  Love
 Religion
 Forgiveness
 Beliefs
 Identity
 Metamorphosis
 Migration

Setting:
 London, England
 Bombay (Mumbai)
 Polytheistic town of Jahilia
 Atlantic Ocean

Characters:
● Gibreel Farishta
- He is a popular movie star
who recently battled mental
illness. He is also in love
with English mountaineer
Alleluia Cone.
- One of the lucky survivors
descends as the angel
Gabriel and experiences a
number of nightmares.
- -Gibreel killed his loved
one and himself out of
jealously.

● Saladin Chamcha
- voice actor who is
estranged from his father.
- Saladin was detained for
being an unauthorized
immigrant.
- Transformed into the Devil.
- Survived ejection from an
 aircraft.
- Detained as an
undocumented immigrant.
- He went back to Bombay to
make amends with his
father and rekindle his
relationship with his ex-
girlfriend.
 Alleluia Cone
- a mountain climber from
England.
- Gibreel is being very
possessive of Alleluia.
- She was murdered by
Gibreel, her own lover.
● Mahound
- Muhammad is the model for
the character.
- trying to establish a
monotheistic community
within the polytheistic
community of Jahilia.
- In an apocryphal narrative,
Mahound is given a vision
that permits him to worship
the three goddesses, but he
later realizes that the
vision's confirmation was a
devil-sent message and
retracts his statement.
- He becomes unwell and
passes away, having one
last vision of himself as a
goddess.
 Pamela Lovelace
- Saladin Chamcha's wife
- A drunkard who had an affair
following the passing of his
husband.

Plot:
 Initial Situation
 Exposition:
- Saladin and Gibreel are
two living Indian Muslims
in the UK.
- They cross paths.
other travelers flying from
Mumbai, Bombay, to
London.
 Rising Action (conflict)
- Saladin and Gibreel
unintentionally set off a bomb
as the aircraft is
taken captive by a Skih
terrorist, resulting in their
the land crashes.
- The two arrived to the
the trail unharmed.
 Complication:
- - Saladin was detained
despite not being an
immigrant, unlike Gibreel.

  Climax ( Crisis, Turning Point):

- Saladin transforms into a
Devil, as Gibreel makes a turn
to become an angel. At the
celebration, Saladin and
Gibreel come in contact.
Saladin decides to murder
Gibreel, but he deceives Gibreel
into believing Alleluia has more
than one lover instead of
following out his original
intention.
- Gibreel was duped by Saladin,
but instead of being killed, he
rescued Saladin from a burning
structure.

  Falling Action:
- Saladin returns to India and
reconciles with his father.
- Saladin, after receiving a
big inheritance, rekindles
his romance with his ex-
girlfriend.
 Resolution (Denouement):
- While the two are in
Bombay, Alleluia is
murdered by an envious
Gibreel. Gibreel shoots
himself after telling Saladin
what he had done.
 Conclusion
- Saladin reconciles with his
dying father.
 - Gibreel kills Alleluia and
kills himself.

 Atmosphere:
- Dramatic, Cruelty,
Rootlessness, Detachment,
Confornity, Pragmatism.