Chupwala forces
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Chupwala forces are the dark, oppressive army from Salman Rushdie’s novel "Haroun and the Sea of Stories," bent on silencing and destroying the world’s stories.
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional army
ⓘ
fictional military organization ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Haroun and the Sea of Stories NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Chup
ⓘ
darkness ⓘ silence ⓘ |
| commandedBy | Khattam-Shud NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOriginOfWork | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| createdBy | Salman Rushdie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| enemyOf |
Guppees
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Haroun NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fightsAgainst | Guppee army NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | Haroun and the Sea of Stories (1990) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genreContext | children's fantasy novel ⓘ |
| goal |
to destroy the Sea of Stories
ⓘ
to impose silence ⓘ to silence stories ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
hostile to imagination
ⓘ
militaristic ⓘ repressive ⓘ secretive ⓘ |
| hasLeader | Khattam-Shud NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ideology | silence ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | antagonistic force ⓘ |
| operatesIn |
Kahani
ⓘ
dark side of Kahani ⓘ |
| opposedBy |
Butt the Hoopoe
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Guppee army NERFINISHED ⓘ Iff the Water Genie NERFINISHED ⓘ Mali the Floating Gardener NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| opposes |
freedom of expression
ⓘ
speech ⓘ storytelling ⓘ |
| partOf | Land of Chup NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| represents |
forces that suppress stories
ⓘ
political and cultural censorship in allegorical form ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
authoritarian control over stories
ⓘ
censorship ⓘ oppression ⓘ |
| threatens |
Ocean of the Streams of Story
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sea of Stories NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| uses | shadows ⓘ |
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