The purpose of this assignment is to discuss some of the topics which we have explored in the novels in a more elaborate manner. The maximum length for this assignment is one double-space page. You are not graded on covering every single aspect of the reading, but on your ability to produce a concise and focused argument about one single theme or topic. I will not accept any assignment more than the required one page. Remember you need to provide concrete evidence from the book or novel. This is not a descriptive assignment but an analytical one. You should have a clear and well formulated and argument backed with evidence.
In Mahfouz’s novel Midaq Alley, Mahfouz presents several characters as outcasts, choosing one character from the novel give a brief description of that character, explain why you consider this character an outcast? What symbolic function does he/she represent in the novel?
In Egypt as a Woman, Beth Baron depicts the processes of gender nationalism through the representation of the nation as a woman. Not only does this representation serve to recreate an ideal for the nation and its history, but also aims to restructure gender and social roles. Examining Zaynab, or Midaq Alley, which character falls into this category? What is the symbolic signification of this character and in what way does she embody a new image of citizenship with particular social and gender roles?
Choose one character from any of these 3 Novels. why are they who they are something specific give quote or source from the novel to back up, then explain why you picked the quote?
I like Mahfouz’s novel Midaq Alley the character that I also Like from that book is Hamida, Hamida's beautiful but proud foster daughter. Her real mother was Umm Hamida's business partner and roommate, who died, after which Umm Hamida adopted her. She is driven by an ambition for wealth and status, which leads her first into engagement with Abbas and then later into more salacious dealings with the pimp Ibrahim Faraj.
However, you can pick ONE character in ONE of these novels. NO citation just use the pag number and the person name Example(jojo,12)
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