Midnight's Children

The book is divided into 3 parts where the sci-fi protagonist set sail on his onward journey, unearths his Self from the intricate social and political patterns of the society that life was subjected to in those times. The central character Saleem who was born at the stroke of midnight when India attained independence brings magical realism into the theme. The theme stresses that every individual born on that midnight has been endowed with some supernatural powers or the other that carries on with generations. Saleem addresses the convention of such individuals and ascribes the usage of such powers only for a Universal cause.

The protagonist is almost defeated in his cause of developing an all-integrating society that tolerates all diversities and tries to move ahead not minding the lineage. Saleem's ride of life is colorful and at times black and white and takes form of a Rainbow as he spends time in the sunderbans contemplating.

Review:
Midnight's Children is a treasure of literary genius and is a powerful expression of a theme that envelopes the whole of humanity. The struggle of Saleem to sustain his ideologies in the environment which is painted with the blood of innocents, spilt under the context of religious intolerance. The book is not a fast read; it is very elaborately designed. It is a journey, with extremely depictive narration of events. The vivid prose turns reading into a visual experience and takes the reader by hand to where it is leading to in a 3-D experience of imagination.

The Author uses magical realism not as the root of the whole concept but only as a digression from the physical world without ever being exclusive of the physical world itself. The story of modern India cannot be better described, the defects of wrong governance and its effect and thus condescending lives of people of all sections of a society is as indigenous as it can be. The author through Saleem describes the angst of a child witnessing the riots and bloodshed on the streets of Bombay to the dwindling faith in constitution of an adult amidst the emergency of 1970. The experiences that Saleem has to go through, cumulatively lead to his development of clarity to deal with the issues of his country and himself which he just couldn't separate.

Midnight's Children can be seen leaning on cultural-pluralism or Sociology. The Author who has won acclaims the world over for this exemplary work sets a benchmark for fiction novelists, fiction novels can project the decay of society and can have an uplifting effect on people's mind and in actually transforming lives.

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