TATD Said Passage Analysis

I have selected the page #60 of TATD


In my passage, there is a clear sudden moment and change in the character of Said Mahran as he starts to admit to himself that he is in love with her and does not want to be alone. Throughout the novel, we have seen Said run away from this particular emotion and run towards anger. The narrative is a mix of dialogue and omniscient narration. During the narration, it reveals rhetorical questions asked from the perspective of Said Mahran, this is used to sympathise with Said in his misfortunate times. This passage is also a great demonstration of how he can manipulate the officers showing his smarts. The action of Said Mahran, returning back to the Nur's home dictates his love and the break of perspective to the reality of his loneliness. It starts to make sense that he will start to lose his thoughts as the build-up is significant with his new obsession of Nur. The pacing of this passage is fast as it shifts quickly from scene to scene while still keeping the narrative of this passage.

TATD Stream of Consciousness Narration- Blog Post

The depiction of Said Mahran bears many similarities to the author of the novel, as his frustrations and inner thinks to match that of the author. One of the themes in the story is known as Stream of Consciousness, in which, it allows the reader to interpret the emotions and mental state of mind of the protagonist. The stream of consciousness can allow the reader to understand the mental state the protagonist is in. For example, In the beginning, Said Mahran is calm and has organized thoughts this showing the audience he is in a good state of mind, contrasting that to him later in the novel, in which, he is disorganized and is in a constant state of paranoia. The author represents paranoia especially well, as the author was in a constant state of paranoia himself while writing the novel.

The use of italic wording allows for the reader to understand that these are the inner thoughts of Said. Italic is shown from the beginning, as he is released from jail. An important notice is that the Arabic version of the book does not have this stylistic feature. Due to the constant narrative switch creates a fast-paced story. Allowing of the inner thinking’s of Said allows for sympathy, in turn, creating a tragic hero for the readers to sympathise.

The theme allows for his evolution through the novel in which he starts to slowly lose himself in this hate-filled revenge. The initial shift of tone can be seen when Said’s daughter rejects him, thus kick-starting his schemes.

When understanding Said’s struggle, it correlates to the author’s own struggles. In a interview it is pointed out that his frustrations with Egypt at the time of revolution is shown on Said. The thirst of revenge against the government allows the author feels is replicated within Said. The character gets lost in his thoughts that his appearance to the outside world is disregarded.  

English Year-2 (David Foster Wallace and Alice Munro)

How does he develop this thesis? What examples or evidence does he use?

How does this theory extend or relate to our inquiry question? How can literature develop empathy and emotional intelligence?

TASK: Considering the above, in what ways could Wallace’s theory about education be applicable to the writing of Alice Munro? Justify your conclusion. 

He uses an example of two fish's swimming together and is met by an oncoming older fish who says "Morning, boys, how's the water?" to the boys respond in confusion. His example is then clarified as he states that he is not the older wisdom fish who is going to present knowledge to the class. Instead, he starts to explain the hidden truth about society and the infuriating short moments that occur. His way of connecting with the audience is by offering an insightful analysis of adulthood. 

His theory of life being boring that it is portrayed as is coupled by his counter theory of "Perspective" he uses this as a tool to make better of frustrating situations. He states how thinking that someone is in more of a need than you can influence your perspective on the situation, this relates back to emotional intelligence as thinking differently of a situation can influence the idea in your head and this is due to the empathy. For example, if someone has cut you off on the road and you start to get infuriated then imagining the reason of this, is that the man's daughter is ill, can help calm you down as you display empathy. Emotional intelligence helps us be aware of situations and be less ignorant towards peoples needs. Literature helps us develop that as demonstrated by Alice Munro, it helps us connect with fictional characters with real-world problems making us more aware of the different types of situations people go through, thus improving our Emotional Intelligence.

His real-life image of a very dark and gloomy world where people are constantly infuriated by insignificant scenarios can be applicable to the style of writing Munro possess. Munro possess a unique style of writing as her books have a dark tone to them, however, her writing is not intentionally dark as she tries to mimic real-life experiences that are very possible in society. Her tone mostly accompanies her message of her books and makes the reader reflect on their personal life. Wallace's theory is very similar to that as he portrays the gloominess of adult life.

Thesis part 2

 With reference to Things Fall Apart, discuss how an understanding of gender influences how the text may be understood.

      Thesis: With the novel, Things Fall Apart, it is understood that the gender roles are not very diverse, as one gender is given much power over the other. This is important as it may interpret how the characters, Okonkwo, of Things Fall Apart are very "un-evolved" as today's age gender equality is something many views as a good thing.

Topic sentence: Why does the author from Things Fall Apart have a very backward impression of women in the novel?

Thesis

In the novel "Things fall Apart". The author Chinua Achebe represents Okonkwo as a "Tragic hero
archetype" This as well as having many foil characters in the book help shape Okonkwo's character and draw a comparison on the tragic hero and the sub-plot characters

Tragic hero

  In Chinua Achebe's novel "Things fall apart", it is made evident who the story is based around. Okonkwo a man with respect from his village is a very senseless and fearless leader who is made all the more arrogant after beating the great CAT. However, in an ironic turn of events, his arrogance lead him to his banishment as well as also leading a shameless warrior to a shameful death (hanging himself).
The death in which he kills himself is considered a tragic story, however, the audience doesn't feel sympathetic of his death. Okonkwo is known as a "tragic hero", a tragic hero is an archetype that makes a poor judgment leading to his/her own demise. In this case, it is Okonkwo with his mistreat of women which compromised a religious day, this leads to him accidently killing a boy which lead the citizens of the village to banish him. He then comes back to his home and finds that white colored people have taken over, which leads to his shameful death.
Chinua Achebe uses a tragic hero archetype in representing Okonkwo is because following Okonkwo a fearless leader it is hard to sympathize with him however when leading to his tragic death there is sympathy but it is quickly followed up by "well it's his own fault", and the author wants to put that thought in the readers mind. 

Persuasive Speech

I am honored to be speaking to the Royal Colonial Institue, I am speaking on behalf of Igbo culture. I am here to discuss on the colonization of the Igbo culture located in the newly built Nigeria. I believe taking colonizing the Igbo, may decrease the chances of a revolution, is a poor judgment as the culture has a unique background that is understandable to ours. If we decided to colonize this culture it may lead to us not understanding the science of human behavior as well as the big question asked by neuroscientist and psychologist as well as science in general, "Why are we what we are?" I believe that the Igbo culture may provide many answers we seek and may imposing a better way of governing by being inspired by their social and political structures.

For starters, their belief is a topic at hand as many of us are devoted worshippers of the Christian Church and many of us are atheist but their unique interpretation of their god isn't something to be dismissive so quickly. Their religion talks about a supreme god who named Chukwu who created a family, man named Eze Nri, his wife, and children. The story goes that there Eze Nri was placed on earth before there was land, only water, he then asked for food and Chukwu gave him yams, from there he was able to establish his own agriculture. Although this may seem like rubbish to many of you, it is what they believe and looking into their culture in a more analytical standpoint it would be worth to study them and see how the conclusion of how was brought up.

Secondly, when looking at their political standpoint it is worthy to note how the lack of centralized political structures. The Igbo lived in autonomous villages and towns, ruled by their elders. Relationships were based on blood ties, each person traced his or her descent to three groups. the three were Uno (simple family), Umunna (an extended family), Obodo (a huge community in which everyone knew each other called a village). The would have a town meeting to discuss the important matter and when serious matter arouse the most senior elders where brought in. What's fascinating is that they established democracy with no previous knowledge of what it is. They do this with a and idea called "cross-cutting ties" where everyone would participate in the village. Furthermore, their elders would be the ones in charge of the town. This shows how they are respectful of there elder.
In conclusion, it should be noted that this is clearly a unique culture with its different style of thinking that makes it so unique. I hope you take into consideration of my proposal of not colonizing the culture.