Rushdi sees the novel as pretty much the best thing out
there. His line saying that it feels the god shaped holes makes it seem like he
has replaced religion with novels. I love a good novel so I get where he is
coming from to some extent. There is something wonderful about a well written
novel. The ability to enter another world through someone else’s eyes can teach
lessons in ways that are impossible to learn through your own eyes.
The point that he makes that we discussed in class about
because the interpretation and understanding of the novel happen within the
mind is a little bit of a slippery concept for me. I understand it and agree at
the same time I feel like I need to disagree with him a little bit. It is true
that the formation of the novel is within the writers head and that affords all
kinds of freedom that isn’t possible in many other ways, and you will have
different people read the exact same novel and have different interpretations
and understandings because it was processed in their own brain. Even the same
person reading the same novel at different times can get something new and
great out of it the second time around. However it is not an impermeable paradise
that Rushdie seems to think it is. What we think is influenced by the world
around us and the people we are in contact with. Still it’s a cool thing to
think about that we get to interact with the novel solely on our own terms.
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