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Tissue (Meaning (The importance and fragility of paper- Dharker reminds us…
Tissue
Structure
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Pages smoothed and stroked and turned- polysendetic senetence highlights the fact that people have been touching the quaran time after time for generations.
Enjambment- symbolic space of light breaking into objects. Also reflects the flow of life and the flexibility of paper.
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monoliths-pillar or monument OR it can mean a political or social structure which is not easily changed or divided. --> flexibility of people and people shouldnt be regid in their beliefs
Meaning
Title is ambiguous- could refer to tissue papaer or human flesh. This encourages readers to compare people to paper.
paper, light and building
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Quaran- well used, important book. Records individual messages as well as religious messages.
It's also a cultural reference. Also refrences maps and maps allow people to expore journeys into different cultures. Paper of a map can weaken with use. it gets thin
Light- associated with love, hope and spirituality
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People's lives are fargile and don't last. OR human life is sacred just like the pages of a holy book.
Imagery
'Quaran'- smoothed and stroked. Treated lovingly with reverence and is kept with the family for generations.
Paper buildings- imagines paper structures drift away. Dharker may imply that she values flexibility in life and society rather than fixed rigid values.
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Fines slips of grocery stores... might fly our lives like paper kites- Image could suggest that people don't have control over their own lives as money is a factor that determines the quality of life
Religion, money and travel are all important aspects of human life.
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