Swallows Of Kabul Analysis
Kabul, a mysterious city with darkness lurking in its streets. The Taliban is in power. The people are slowly going insane, and with the city on a course of horror, the demons will be driven to madness. One man who intends to leave Kabul. Something is driving him back. The question is, what is it that's holding him back? Swallows of Kabul by Yasmina Khadra tells a story of Kabul, a city in Afghanistan. The story features two protagonists and their wives, whom dramatically change throughout the novel due to the influence of Kabul. The protagonists are Atiq Shaukat, a jailer in Kabul who slowly changes into a person with feeling, which in this culture, doesn’t apply. His wife Musarrat, is an ill lady who saved Atiq from near death, and they were
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his Father is still in his life, a nuisance. His sons killed in the Soviet-Afghan war. He was also put in an asylum, which many believe he is mad. Could his motive be he is in madness, and that this has been a 24/7 goal that it drove him crazy? According to Atiq, at the time of their first encounter of the story, they are old friends who met over a decade ago. He used to be a “muftin” in Kabul. Atiq also claimed he was a saint, and he went crazy. “He will never return to full possession of his faculties, but sometimes, in moments of lucidity, he withdraws completely to hide his shame at what he’s become.”(Khadra 66) By Atiq assumption, Nazeesh “withdraws completely to hide his shame at what he’s become.” by leaving Kabul, Nazeesh demonstrates hiding his shame from society of what he has turned into. With his previous, delicate life as a “muftin,” he is afraid of how society will accept him, and if they will agree with his choices. Because if he used to be a better person, he does not want to find out how people will think of him now. This can be the primary motive for Nazeesh leaving Kabul. to be afraid of society’s acceptance of him, it connects to the fact that he doesn't want to destroy his life. Relocating to a new area for reasons means he wants to restart his life and fix it for the
his Father is still in his life, a nuisance. His sons killed in the Soviet-Afghan war. He was also put in an asylum, which many believe he is mad. Could his motive be he is in madness, and that this has been a 24/7 goal that it drove him crazy? According to Atiq, at the time of their first encounter of the story, they are old friends who met over a decade ago. He used to be a “muftin” in Kabul. Atiq also claimed he was a saint, and he went crazy. “He will never return to full possession of his faculties, but sometimes, in moments of lucidity, he withdraws completely to hide his shame at what he’s become.”(Khadra 66) By Atiq assumption, Nazeesh “withdraws completely to hide his shame at what he’s become.” by leaving Kabul, Nazeesh demonstrates hiding his shame from society of what he has turned into. With his previous, delicate life as a “muftin,” he is afraid of how society will accept him, and if they will agree with his choices. Because if he used to be a better person, he does not want to find out how people will think of him now. This can be the primary motive for Nazeesh leaving Kabul. to be afraid of society’s acceptance of him, it connects to the fact that he doesn't want to destroy his life. Relocating to a new area for reasons means he wants to restart his life and fix it for the