Alterego magical exploration from "summary" of Salman Rushdie's Midnight's Children by Norbert Schurer

The relationship between these ideas conveyed through the text is explored to leave readers contemplating the nature of their own personas and discovering new truths about their individual identities. Allowing for someone to actively expose themselves to their particular alter ego and see firsthand how it holds a kind of consciousness constantly present.

Schurer’s look into the place beyond what the reader sees as reality delves into some of the deeper questions people struggle with such as whether the choices we make are our own or simply predetermined by fate. What is interesting in this magical exploration is the idea that our lurking inner selves, our innermost thoughts, can take on a life-like form and propel us toward self realization.

While many people believe the concept of an alter ego to be solely something that exists in our imaginations, it can have powerful implications when taken to an extreme. In this magical exploration Schurer looks at how far characters can go in creating their own story outside of what society tells them who they should be, and questioning if this alternate reality is only an imagined version or can become physically real.

Exploring one's alternate self has been a theme ever since humans began to question themselves and their existence in the world around them. This is no less true in Norbert Schurer's exploration of Salman Rushdie's Midnight's Children, which follows this concept to its logical conclusion.

Our complex histories influence how our alternate selves surface throughout our lives and often our success lies within how we use them to our advantage. Most importantly, Schurer highlights the importance of self exploration to anyone interested in bettering understanding themselves and bettering the knowledge on what creates identity.