The Persian Carpet By Hanan Shaykh

Go and see if your fathers still praying.

The persian carpet by hanan shaykh.

Ah what eyebrows you have they re all over the place she turned quickly to my sister and said. Belanger point of view the point of view is in first person narrative this gives the reader a perception through hanan s eyes of the situations of the divorce between her parents the. Hanan al shaykh tells her mother s remarkable story. Hanan shaykh the persian carpet when maryam had finished plaiting my hair into two pigtails she put her finger to her mouth and licked it then passed it over my eyebrows moaning.

In the short story the narrator which is the protagonist suffers from self doubt as she gains a new perspective on her mother. She attended the almillah primary school for muslim girls where she received a traditional education for muslim girls before continuing her education at the ahliah school. Hanan al shaykh s family background is that of a strict shi a family. Plot character symbols real life connection exposition introduction.

The narrators aunt maryam decides to assist the narrator and her sister secretly leave the house whilst their father is praying to visit her divorced mother. In the short story the persian carpet the author hanan al shaykh suggests that by making selfish choices one s relationship with important people in its life can be seriously damaged. Her father and brother exerted strict social control over her during her childhood and adolescence. And i hurried to visit her in secret and i froze as i stepped over the threshold of muhammad s room and saw the missing persian carpet that.

Since beginning of times humans need to make choices on a daily basis. Sometimes it goes for the best however it goes also for the worst. The readers and audience are introduced to the.