If all of the elements of this lesson plan are employed, students will develop the following powers, skills, and understanding:
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Students will develop a familiarity with postmodern literature, and understand how this work exemplifies some of its tropes.
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Students will discuss ideas of immigration and "otherness."
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Students will research the history of Islam and explore how Rushdie engages with that history in his novel.
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Students will explore the lasting social implications of the fatwa on Salman Rushdie.
