Padma
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Padma is a practical, earthy woman in Salman Rushdie’s novel "Midnight’s Children" who serves as Saleem Sinai’s lover and skeptical yet grounding listener to his fantastical life story.
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
female character
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fictional character ⓘ literary character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Midnight’s Children NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
reality versus fantasy
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storytelling and skepticism ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
earthy
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grounded ⓘ practical ⓘ skeptical ⓘ |
| countryOfOriginOfWork | India NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| createdBy | Salman Rushdie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPublicationOfWork | 1981 ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| hasRole |
listener to Saleem Sinai’s story
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lover of Saleem Sinai ⓘ |
| influences | structure of Saleem Sinai’s narration ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| medium | novel ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
foil to Saleem Sinai’s fantastical imagination
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frame narrator’s listener ⓘ |
| partOf | frame narrative of Midnight’s Children ⓘ |
| provides | realist counterpoint to Saleem Sinai’s narration ⓘ |
| questions | Saleem Sinai’s fantastical claims ⓘ |
| relationshipTypeWithSaleemSinai | romantic partner ⓘ |
| relationshipWith | Saleem Sinai NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| symbolicallyContrastsWith | Saleem Sinai’s mythic self-presentation ⓘ |
| symbolicallyRepresents | ordinary, material reality ⓘ |
| workGenre |
magic realism
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postcolonial literature ⓘ |
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