“.in the Land of Chup, a Shadow very often has a stronger personality than the Person, or Self, or Substance to whom or to which it is joined! So often the Shadow leads, and it is the Person or Self or Substance that follows. The ultimate answer is that story gives meaning. Haroun’s journey through the novel is an answer to the question of the importance of story. Rushdie presents a land in which story is being destroyed, a symbol for the way that narrative is often destroyed in the quest for power. While the book is written for young adults, the theme of story is nuanced and complicated.
This quote frames the central crisis of the novel: what role does story play in culture and society and what happens when it no longer has power. “What’s the use of stories that aren’t even true?” Haroun and the Sea of Stories, 22
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