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Midnight's Children: Was Shiva A Sympathetic Person Without Reason?

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Midnight’s Children Essay Topic
“Was Shiva a sympathetic person **without reason?” Throughout the story, Midnight’s Children, Shiva was a very bitter person. However, he had reason. He was switched at birth with someone who should have grown up poor, but got to live the extravagant lifestyle meant for himself. Shiva was born at midnight on India’s independence day along with several other children. Each one had a certain power, each being different from the other children. Shiva’s was the power to be a leader. Anything that he said, went. His father, (except he wasn’t his biological father) Wee Willie Winkie, beat him. The novel reads”He blindfolded me, man! He wrapped a rag around my eyes an' took me to the roof of the chawl, man!
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