Certain Winds from the South

(2.)

I loved how the storie says" The evening prayers were done. The money is the bag. The grassland was still,...". I reflected that in my life meaning that" the dishes are done, I had a great day at work, and now its time to have a peaceful sleep!" As far as my overall opion about the storie I was just purely confused. Was this a one person view point storie? A woman just barking out commads to her children? The storie left alot to be understood.

African Short Stories

(1.) The False Prophet

-- The False Prophet was a very indifferent story for me to read, mainly because I am not familiar with the culture. I also admit it took me twice as long to understand the meanings and purpose of the storie. In a sense you get this feel, that its not just Americans who are depicted to be all about money. I'm still confused as to how Mahmoud was amassing small coins? I know he was supposed to be a wanderer, but how was he living?. Another key point I was interested in was noticing his preverence to money even before religion. I think maybe his religion played a minor key in this storie because deep down he was not a very serious follower. Maybe the culture he was raised in instilled that in him and when he was of age realized the importance of money. So this is not a situation of " what goes around comes around", maybe he acted based on how he was shown about life.