michael Rushdie

i thought it was very interesting how rushdie described the part in midnights children when the doctor meets his future wife through different part of the perforated sheet, and how he uses that as a symbol for the entirety of the book, showing how it is made up of small pieces that make a whole. in a sense it reminds me of the line in the book where he says shape can be found in anything. I also found the discussion of free speech interesting because though this might not relate, saleem as the narrator in the book expresses an intense amount of free speech in the fictionalization of history and the use of holy figures for somewhat ironical situations.

As an ending i cant help but feel that saleems death was inevitable, since throughout the novel he mentions how he feels he coming apart, falling into 600 million specks of dust only seems fair. While i found the book to be ridiculous in a good and humors sense i think it will take my re reading it over and over again to fully appreciate its splendor.