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How does Anita Desai use the Partition of India to explore the theme of memory in her novel 'Clear Light of Day'?
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- 1By having the historical event serve as the single, uniform memory shared identically by all characters
- 2By showing how different characters remember and are traumatized by the Partition in conflicting ways✓
- 3By minimizing its socio-political importance to focus exclusively on idyllic childhood memories
- 4By depicting the Partition as a catastrophic event that everyone successfully represses and forgets
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By showing how different characters remember and are traumatized by the Partition in conflicting ways
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