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HAROUN AND THE SEA OFSTORIES

ANALYSIS OF CHAPTERS 5 TO 10

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

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LITERARY DEVICES BYCHIEN ZI

Chapter 5

Simile

as soft as flower petals (page 82)

as big as giant sharks (page 84)

Foreshadowing

clapped his hand to his forehead, almost dislodging his turban (page 86)

Repetition (throughout whole story)

dashing but somehow foolish (page 89)

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LITERARY DEVICES BYCHIEN ZI

Chapter 6

Foreshadowing

a popular name in Gup for girls as well as boys (page 98)

Allusion

a thousand and one lines Arabian Nights (page 100)

Hyperbole

top of (page 106)

Reference

juggle - Blabbermouth (page 108)

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LITERARY DEVICES BYKLAUS TAN

Chapter 7-8

1. Proverb + Pun

"You shouldn't judge a book by its cover," snapped Blabbermouth. (page 114)

Blabbermouth feels insulted.

The word "Snapped" shows how sensitive she is to the statement of Haroun earlier.

Show Blabbermouth's view of the army, her pride.

2. Foreshadowing

"... Where darkness gathered like a storm cloud (page 121)

Exaggerates the speed and size of the darkness.

Symbols: DARK = DANGER

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LITERARY DEVICES BYKLAUS TAN

Chapter 7-8

"It was a suicidal mission, Haroun became convinced; they would bedefeated... (page 121)

Protagonist depressed, sets tone and mood of the story at that moment.

Foreboding sinister and CONFIRMED failure.

3. LINK (Theme)

"Don't be ridiculous, you call those grunts fluency?" Bolo (page 130)

"Do not judge a book by its cover".

Bolo jumps to conclusions, assumes Mudra is a psychopath, insane.Insults Rashid, cutting off his statement.

PATIENCE, Bolo needs to learn.

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LITERARY DEVICES BY DARRENCHANG

Chapter 9 and 10

1. Foreshadowing

All he could see in his mind s eye was a huge black hole, yawning at himlike a great mouth, and sucking him slowly in page 145

Evil and uncertainty awaits them

A black hole symbolises darkness, silence, capture and the end

2. Simile

tied up like a present page 145

They were an important package (of spies) for Khattam-Shud

3. Metaphor

a wall of night page 147

Darkness so solid as if light could not enter

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LITERARY DEVICES BY DARRENCHANGChapter 9 and 10

4. Symbol

But a dark horse, as is well known, is unreliable, and not to be trusted page 148

Dark = Secrecy, uncertainty and betrayal

5. Personification

black poisons that were murdering the Ocean of Stories page 151

Personifying the effects of the poisons

6. Link

It s a factory ship, Haroun thought with a shudder, and what it makes isfar, far worse than the sadness factories back home page 151

In Alifbay, the sadness factories pollute the city, ruining the people s

happiness-

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CHARACTER QUALITIES BY EUANKOH

Mali: courageous, strong, brave, silentBagha and Goopy: always talk in rhyme and rhythm,loyal, apologetic, talkative

Bolo: foolish, charming , doesn t think before acting

Khattam-Shud: treacherous, unreasonable, likes todictate

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CHARACTER QUALITIES BY EUANKOH

Blabbermouth: untrustworthy, brave, rebellious

Mudra: skillful, righteous, brave, strong, determined

Gups: talkative, like to gossip

Chups: silent, afraid, disorganizedWalrus: resemblance to Snooty Buttoo

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THEMATIC CONCEPT BY CHEN JIAWEI

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THEMATIC CONCEPT BY CHEN JIAWEI

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