By reading 'The Song of Kahunsha' and using it for my independant study novel. It has helped me further my insights in Human Condition because the ways in which Irani writes about Anand. I can not believe that there are people out in this world who are so cold hearted they also do similar things. “You think he was born like this? Dabba was a normal man. He was a waiter in an Irani restaurant. One day a taxiwala rammed into him. Dabba lost both his legs. Till today he says the menu out loud to pass the time” “ Chamdi is about to ask how Dabba lost his arms too, but realizes he has some idea of how that happened” (175) Dabba disobeyed so Anand showed him that he would never get stolen from again but cutting off his arms. Just the thought of having someone be able to even think of doing that to someone sickens me. It made me realize that in this world, if you are poorer than someone and lower ranking they will probably not help you when you need it or are asking for it.
I have grown as a reader with this novel by reading the content and then rereading it over at a later date so i can understand things that perhaps i missed the first time reading, incorporating what i have read again adding it to my responses. The Song of Kahunsha made me make connections with the world around me as well as to myself and other books which i have read with similar plots. You begin to realize after reading a novel such as this one that the world can be a scary place. Beautiful most of the time, but when things take an unexpected change and you are unsure of the outcome and perhaps circumstances you become terrified.
This Independant Study has made me realize with myself and my learning abilities that when i find a novel or essay that is of to my interest i will research it, even if not necessary and i wonder to find out my rhetorical questions which i come up with throughout the novel that take extra research and study to understand.
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I'm glad you were motivated to do the research and engage with the interpretation of the novel; however, you haven't seen it through and completed the apologia and explication as indicated in the instructions. You have posted fragments of the research, but the next step is to pull it all together into two distinct pieces of writing. It's hard to evaluate the reflection in the absence of the other two pieces, which are of greater significance. Too bad.
ReplyDeleteI did complete the apologia and the explication. They are both on the last page of my blog.
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