The Satanic Verses
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Part 1, Chapter 1 Part 1, Chapter 2 Part 1, Chapter 3 Part 1, Chapter 4 Part 2 Part 3, Chapter 1 Part 3, Chapter 2 Part 3, Chapter 3 Part 3, Chapter 4 Part 3, Chapter 5 Part 4 Part 5, Chapter 1 Part 5, Chapter 2 Part 6 Part 7, Chapter 1 Part 7, Chapter 2 Part 7, Chapter 3 Part 8 Part 9
Themes
All Themes The Fallibility of Prophets Immigration and Identity Religion and Blasphemy Racial Prejudice and Xenophobia Metamorphosis and Identity
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All Characters Gibreel Farishta Saladin Chamcha Alleluia Cone Rekha Merchant Changez Chamchawala Pamela Lovelace Zeeny Vakil Karim Abu Simbel Baal Ayesha of Dash Mahound
Symbols
All Symbols The Magic Lamp The Trumpet Fire and Water Bad Breath
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All Literary Devices Allegory Alliteration Allusions Dramatic Irony Fallacy Foil Foreshadowing Genre Hyperbole Idioms Imagery Irony Metaphors Mood Motifs Paradox Setting Similes Situational Irony Stream of Consciousness Style Tone Unreliable Narrator Verbal Irony
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The Satanic Verses

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Salman Rushdie

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