Jane- Rushdie- 3/7/11

2. What I found to be striking about the passage that begins: "They had even began to sleep together again; and although my sister- with a flash of her old Monkey-self- said, "In the same bed, Allah, chi-chhi, how dirty!" (Rushdie, 341) was how less fanciful, and more self-aware and colloquial it is compared to much of the narrative. Salim's voice retains the same raconteur quality that has dominated much of the book until this point, wherein he appears more vulnerable, particularly when he speaks of his losing favor amongst his fellow Midnights Children. I also find aching the moment where he speaks of the disingenuousness he feels about the sense of reunion amongst the other Children as he writes: "We repeated, over and over again, our joy at being back together; ignoring the deeper truth- that we were like all families, that family reunions are more delightful in prospect than in reality, and that the time comes when all families must go their separate ways" (Rushdie, 341).