What are the motifs in Haroun and the Sea of Stories by Salman Rushdie?

Beauty is a recurring idea in the story. Haroun and the Sea of Stories is a work of and about beauty. Salman Rushdie writes beautiful, descriptive prose. Most of the time it is in standard English, but for color he effects the intonations and unique word stock of the Indian subcontinent. The terrifying race along treacherous mountain roads is undertaken in order to enjoy an unrivaled view of the Valley of K at sunset. Adolescent protagonist Haroun Khalifa is transported to Earth's invisible second moon, Kahani, the source of all the world's stories. It is mostly covered by the Ocean of the Streams of Story, beneath whose surface flow every-changing colors and patterns: things of pure beauty.