The Shadow Lines
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1. Going Away 2. Coming Home
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All Themes Youth vs. Maturity Memory, Storytelling, and Reality Freedom and Identity Social Standing and Pride Borders, Violence, and Political Unrest
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Characters
All Characters The Narrator Tridib Ila Tha'mma May Price Mayadebi Nick Price Jethamoshai Robi The Shaheb Queen Victoria Mother Mrs. Price
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All Symbols The Upside-Down House
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The Shadow Lines

by

Amitav Ghosh

The Shadow Lines Symbols

The Upside-Down House

The story of the upside-down house comes to represent the polarizing power of borders and the stories people tell about them. After Tha'mma's father and Jethamoshai divide their house in half with a wall…

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