We have changed our privacy policy. In addition, we use cookies on our website for various purposes. By continuing on our website, you consent to our use of cookies. You can learn about our practices by reading our privacy policy.

Midnight's Children Foreignness And 'The Other' Quotes

How we cite our quotes: (Book.Chapter.Paragraph)

Quote #10

After which I began to see that the crime of Mary Pereira had detached me from two worlds, not one; that having been expelled from my uncle's house I could never fully enter the world-according-to-Picture-Singh (3.28.45)

Let's count the number of ways that Saleem is other. He's a poor kid raised by rich parents, a kid with mixed Indian and English heritage, his family is from Kashmir, he has magical powers… we could probably go on, but you get the point.