Print
Word
PDF
|
This section contains 576 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) |
|
Haroun and the Sea of Stories Summary & Study Guide Description
Haroun and the Sea of Stories Summary & Study Guide includes comprehensive information and analysis to help you understand the book. This study guide contains the following sections:
This detailed literature summary also contains Topics for Discussion and a Free Quiz on Haroun and the Sea of Stories by Salman Rushdie.
Haroun and the Sea of Stories Plot Summary
Preview of Haroun and the Sea of Stories Summary:
Salman Rushdie's Haroun and the Sea Stories is a shows a depressed professional storyteller and his adolescent son traveling to Earth's second, invisible moon, where all stories are born. They foil the poisoning of the Ocean of the Streams of Story and rescue a kidnapped Princess, get back the father's gift of gab, and see their family reunited.
Young Haroun Khalifa feels guilty about his parents' separation and father Rashid's losing his "gift of gab," dangerous in a professional storyteller. It has left Haroun's attention span 11 minutes long. They go to an engagement at Dull Lake, driven by speed-crazed Mr. Butt, and are housed on an elegant houseboat by politico Snooty Buttoo. During the night, Haroun encounters Iff the Water Genie, who has been sent to disconnect Rashid from the source of all stories. Haroun will not hear of this, declaring his father is not ready to give up....
(read more)
|
This section contains 576 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) |
|
