HAROUN AND THE SEA OF STORIESANALYSIS OF CHAPTERS 11 TO 12

BY: DARREN CHANG, CHEN JIA WEI, YU CHIEN ZI, KLAUS TAN AND EUAN KOH

LITERARY DEVICES BY CHIEN ZI

Simile

“like an enormous Pterodactyl or Archaeopteryx” page 179

“as fast as her legs can carry her” page 182

Metaphor

“golden voice” page 193

“not worth the candle" page 197

“you're on the carpet" page 198

“face the music alone" page 198

Shows how "helpful" Haroun's friends are, "ditching" him in a tensed situation. Adds to tension and suspense.

Rhyme

“chatter and natter” page 184

Batcheat’s song, pages 186-187

LITERARY DEVICES BY CHIEN ZI

Alliteration

“driving us all to drink” page 186 (also can be a pun)

“shrouds of silence” page 188

“buckle and bend” page 189

“shadowless servants” page 189

Oxymoron

“enormous (but now harmless)” page 183

“ancient tales could be fresh and new once more” page 192

“not worth the candle, include me out. No can do" page 197

Paradox creates suspense, readers would want to read more to find out Haroun's fate/ destiny. Readers start to feel the desperate situation Haroun is in, get anxious for him.

LITERARY DEVICES BY KLAUS TAN

Hyperbole

Bolo’s outburst, page 181

Foreshadowing

“a little, heavy, rectangular box out of which protruded a short burning fuse” page 182

“maybe you have been away for too long. Things change" page 210

A hint that Soraya has returned. Foreboding of big celebration to come. Story's mood is tuning from very happy to extremely happy. 

Rhetorical

"I promise. Mr Sengupta is khattam-shud" page 210

Is he khattam-shud (finished) or khattam-shud (himself)? Readers are left hanging in mystery as reading this this rhetorical statement.

CHARACTER QUALITIES BY EUAN KOH

Bolo: hot headed, courageous,

Blabbermouth: brave, sharp, quick witted

Batcheat: determined, brave, love-struck

Khattam-Shud: cowardly

Rashid: happy, likes to tell stories

Gups: organised, happy,

Chups: disorganised, suspicious of one another

Walrus: kind, helpful, mysterious

People of Kahani (city): happy, joyful

THEMATIC CONCEPTS BY DARREN CHANG

Chapter 11 The foolishness of war

Gender inequality

A balance between the opposites

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