Islamic lectures

Islamic lectures

In Salman Rushdie's short story, "The Shelter of the World", describe

the Emperor's "descent" into first-person singular ("I") from the

first-person plural ("we"). Why was this such a big change for the Emperor?

What does the drastic nature of the change, the foreign nature of the word

"I", say about the character of the Emperor - and his society?

Resources

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2008/02/25/the-shelter-of-the-w

orld