*"What role does ’place’ play in forming one’s identity? How does this affect the narrator in her life?" The narrator’s life and her identity is shaped by this foreign land that she has moved to. Coming from a western world‚ as a woman‚ into an Arabic country‚ there are certain cultural perceptions that will ultimately alter her identity. The foreignness felt by the narrator is conveyed throughout the story. "My husband translated all this for me and said things to her which I have come to understand
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may even cause emotional desensitization. However this solely depends on the cause of such tragedy. A simple tragedy exists as a result of the irony of combining diverse religion and cultures and is especially expressed in the story “Sandpiper”. Here author Ahdaf Soueif expresses cultural differences through the breaking relationship of a European writer and her Egyptian husband. Acquiescent undermine passivity Being the protagonist‚ the narrator becomes the view point character in the story and this
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Sandpiper How does the author use literary techniques to enhance her theme in the story ’Sandpiper’? “Sandpiper” by Ahdaf Soueif is a story about the narrator‚ who is a European woman that is recollecting her relationship with her husband and family‚ which shows the reader her feelings and how the husband has affected her life. The antagonist is the speaker itself as she experiences an internal conflict with herself. The writer uses literary techniques such as metaphor‚ personification‚ imagery
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Ahdaf Soueif illustrates through vivid characterization how disparate racial origins can drive a deep wedge between people‚ particularly couples who figure in a romantic relationship. The place or setting is the biggest factor in this short story‚ it is a reason for the couple’s fading love and growing estranged. The setting places the narrator in a foreign land‚ whose cultural values have a negative impact on her causing her to fade from blissful love to saddening regret and hurt. Her identity is
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Sandpiper – Ahdaf Soueif (1994) Ahdaf Soueif was born in Cairo‚ Egypt‚ but she grew up in England. She married an Egyptian but it didn’t last long‚ and she later married the English poet Ian Hamilton –from whom she eventually separated as well. Her marriage experiences can be seen in Soueif’s central themes. Her potent themes and far-flung settings make for deep reflection and reader interest. Characters: - Unnamed protagonist – blank narrator; fading love; disillusioned; displaced; lost; without
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known as the Upland Sandpiper‚ is a small‚ migratory bird with brown spotted feathers‚ large eyes‚ and a thin beak. Upland Sandpipers are also endangered. When a plant or animal has the status of endangered‚ that means that the species is at risk of extinction. The Upland Sandpiper is found all across the United States‚ including Alaska‚ Central America‚ and parts of South America during the migration period. What’s special about these areas are their grasslands. Upland Sandpipers live best in flat
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CONTENTS Introduction: how to use these Notes The stories: The Son’s Veto Her First Ball The Fly in the Ointment The Destructors A Horse and Two Goats The Rain Horse My Greatest Ambition Sandpiper At Hiruharama Thomas Hardy Katherine Mansfield V.S. Pritchett Graham Greene R.K. Narayan Ted Hughes Morris Lurie Ahdaf Soueif Penelope Fitzgerald 1 Introduction These notes are intended to give some background information on each author and/or story as an aid to further research and to stimulate discussion
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Boat Stephen Crane 3. The Door in the Wall HG Wells 4. The People Before Maurice Shadbolt 5. A Horse and Two Goats RK Narayan 6. Journey Patricia Grace 7. To Da-Duh‚ In Memoriam Paule Marshall 8. Of White Hairs and Cricket Rohinton Mistry 9. Sandpiper Ahdaf Soueif 10. Tyres Adam Thorpe These notes are intended to give some background information on each author and/or story as an aid to further research and to stimulate discussion in the classroom. They are intended only as a starting point and are
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“Cairo: My City‚ Our Revolution”‚ a journal entry by Ahdaf Soueif‚ both reveal the tragedy and suffering they faced with the living conditions in their countries of origin. Valenzuela uses a story to display this. Soueif‚ however‚ specifies her perspective in her writing. As Soueif pinpoints her outlook of the Arab Springs protests that took place in Egypt‚ she discloses the fear as well as patriotism that she experienced in her home country. Soueif states that “everywhere there was a continuous thud
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individuals to gain freedom. The right of freedom is constantly being struggled for and is not easily earned. In the texts‚ Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi‚ “I Have a Dream” by Martin Luther King Jr.‚ and “Cairo: My City‚ Our Revolution” by Ahdaf Soueif great actions of striving and demanding freedom were demonstrated. Although citizens struggle to earn their freedom‚ the unity and determination of the people has proven to bring success. While trying to attain freedom‚ it must be demanded by having
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