Haroun And The Sea Of Stories By Salman Rushdie

In Haroun and the Sea of Stories, Salman Rushdie uses diction, conflict, and imagery to reveal that the freedom of speech unifies people, making them stronger and allowing them to overcome obstacles. Around the beginning of the story, when Haroun first enters Gup city he is given a tour where he learns about the government's structure and the different government buildings. Rushdie describes the Guppe parliament as “ the Chatterbox because debates there could run on for weeks or months or even, occasionally, years, on account of the Guppy fondness for conversation;” (88). In this piece of evidence Rushdie’s use of diction to describe the Gups parliament shows how the Gups support free speech. In the piece of evidence Rushdie says that debates could last for up to a year and that the Gups have a fondness for conversation.

Toward the end of the story after Haround destroys the dark ship, Rushdie describes the final battle the Gups and Chups have in the twilight zone. Rushdie Then talks about how the Gups “had talked through everything so fully, fought hard, remained united, supported each other when required to do so, and in general looked like a force with a common purpose. All those arguments and debates, all that openness, had created powerful bonds of fellowship between them.” (184). In this example Rushdie uses conflict to show that the freedom of speech makes you stronger. He shows this when Rushdie has the two armies fight, one that supports free speech and one that censors its people. By having the army that supports free speech win, he is therefore showing that free speech is stronger than censorship. Finally at the very end of the story Rashid and Haroun return to Earth where Rashid is expected to tell a story at a political rally. The story he decides to tell is of him and Haroun visiting the moon of