Rashid’s audience, recognizing themselves in the oppressed lot of his story, “pelted [the politician] with rubbish as he fled,” together seizing their political autonomy. So, “What’s the use of stories that aren’t even true?” Well, for one thing, Rushdie argues that stories can provide a catharsis of recognition: helping us to see the difference between the people we are and the people we want to be, and showing us how to close the gap.
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