Moraes Zogoiby

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Moraes Zogoiby is the physically deformed, fast-aging narrator and protagonist of Salman Rushdie’s novel "The Moor’s Last Sigh," whose life story reflects the tumultuous history and cultural hybridity of modern India.

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Moraes Zogoiby canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character
literary character
alsoKnownAs Moor
appearsIn The Moor's Last Sigh
surface form: The Moor’s Last Sigh
associatedWith Mumbai
surface form: Bombay

Cochin
Spain
associatedWithTheme exile
family saga
identity
political violence in India
religious and cultural pluralism
createdBy Salman Rushdie
hasEthnicBackground mixed
hasFather Abraham Zogoiby
hasLiteraryFunction embodies postcolonial hybridity
hasMother Aurora Zogoiby
hasNarrativeRole first-person narrator
hasPhysicalCharacteristic deformed
fast-aging
hasReligiousHeritage Catholic
Jewish
hasSymbolicRole echo of the historical Moors
hasTemporalSetting 20th-century India
lifeReflects tumultuous history of modern India
linkedTo Aurora Zogoiby’s art
Indian business and underworld networks
narrativePerspective retrospective account of his life
narratorOf The Moor's Last Sigh
surface form: The Moor’s Last Sigh
protagonistOf The Moor's Last Sigh
surface form: The Moor’s Last Sigh
represents cultural hybridity of modern India

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The Moor's Last Sigh mainCharacter Moraes Zogoiby
The Moor's Last Sigh narrator Moraes Zogoiby
Aurora Zogoiby child Moraes Zogoiby
Aurora Zogoiby influences Moraes Zogoiby