A Coversation from the Third Floor

Ok so I agreed with the class on not being able to understand any part of this story, as discussed in class. All we gathered was that a man was in jail talkn behind a wall to his wife or girlfreind who was being felt up on at the same time all the while hidden behind the large wall???

A Handful of Dates

I found that this story was an ok story compared to all the others. I got the impression that the boy was at first a little obessed with the compasion he has towards his grandfather. Then the story gave me leverage to understand why. The grandfather was an important figure in the town aswell as in the eyes of the boy , simply becuase he commanded respect and owned land and shared outdoor oportunity's with his grandson. It was a pretty average story up untill the end , i still dont understand why the boy ran away and threw up his dates.

An Incident in the Ghobashi Household

This story very intriqued me, i have to say a couple of things shocked me. The first thing i didnt understand was "Zeinat rose to her feet and went out with sluggish steps to the courtyard, where she made her ablutions". The story quickly unfolded to reveal that the daughter was pregnant being raised in a culture where it was better for the mother to reveal the child as her own for reputations sake. The father was off at war not aware to what he was coming home to.

Minutes of Glory

Ok so this was the story about the girl who was basically a stripper. Bound to walk amongst this world alone with no one to love her and no one to respect her struggles as being a women. She was dismissed from her family as the last of the oldest child in her family not to be married she was sent away to find money for the purpose of returning to support the rest of her family. Times where different then as they are now. This was very debated story to discuss in class.

The Green leaves

The man Nyagar is anoother example of how being greedy can become a deathly burdan. This man had everything he needed , he had wives, money, cattle, and land. But with the temptation of getting even from the the cattle theives his greed got the best of him.
Im not understanding the time period of this story though, the part about the white men coming and making laws to a culture that had not adapted that way of life made it seem like this was around the time of Columbus or something.

The Gentlemen of the Jungle

Fisrt off I liked how the story gave a feeling like a childs story.
Theres nothing really to go into detail about this story except that the old saying is true
" What goes around comes around" and in order to achieve peace I would have done the same thing.

The Will of Allah

So Sule was deeply religious beleiving in Allah, but hints forth saw nothing wrong with theiving.
How he said that Allah must have given some more so that some with little could help themselves to it.....is ludcris. Thats just like saying whats mine is yours ripe for the taking. So not true at all, hands have been cut off for people who are like that. So when Sule said that becuase he walks arpund wearing a knife he exspects to get stabbed once in a while...? what kind of crap is that ,,,,so if i walk around wit money hanging out my pocket i should exspect someone to take it. It was good to see it end how it did theives who steel together die together.

The apprentice

In the beginning it sounded as if the master was unapreaciative towards the boy because he could make fine things and not cheap things that people wouldnt be able to buy. I didnt understand what "dissuasions increased everyday second " meant? So then in the end the story turns out to be a rivarly between brothers and who can make the best profit from making swords.

Civil peace

(3.) Civil peace

Nothing puzzles God , because in my opinion if something bad is coming or happening.
Then it is menat as a sign , that God is watching and may have more in store for you than you know so take heed to lessons learned. I am confused as to if the man is rich enough renew a once "rich" house. Or did his wife build the house from the profit of okra balls?