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HappinessTheme

“If I’m happy, that’s all I care about.” (Ka)

“People who seek only happiness will never find it” (Blue, 379).

Having set beliefs are key to a person’s happiness, but putting your complete energy in only one cause can result in destroying one’s ultimate goals.


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Poetry in Snow

· Poetry has a significant role Snow
· Ka writes 19 poems during 3 day stay in Kars after having writer’s block
· Poems were often inspired by snowflakes
· “Each of his poems, too, had its natural and unique position on the imaginary snowflake”.
· “It was, in short, a snowflake that mapped out the spiritual course of every person who had ever lived” (407).
· Three axes onto which Ka mapped his poems- Memory, Imagination and Reason
· Thoughts about poems are attempts to try to puzzle out meaning of his own life (407).
· Poetry- way to express oneself
· To Ka- poetry ®understanding about yourself, others, human nature/existence, find happiness

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Poetry and Snow

Poetry is very important to the main character, Ka. It is his way of expressing himself, and helping him become more confident. He uses it to impress Ipek, and to say what is on his mind. Poetry is what Ka loves to do, and he finds inspiration to write more whenever he sees Ipek or sees the Snow. "Ka began to read the poem aloud again, this time with growing force, but he still stopped at all the same places to ask, 'Is it beautiful?' He also stopped at a few new places to say, 'It really is very beautiful, isn't it?'" (98). Ka knows that his poetry has a huge effect on women, and he uses it to his advantage.

Author

The author of Snow Orhan Pamuk grew up in Istanbul, Turkey. The book Snow takes place in Turkey. However, comparisons between Pamuk's life and Snow are very little. One of those comparisons is that in Snow Ka had been exiled and had moved to another country, Germany. Where as in Pamuk's real life he went to New York and taught at Columbia University. Because of the success of Snow and his other book My Name is Red, Pamuk received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2006.








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