The Persian Carpet By Hanan Shaykh

Belanger point of view the point of view is in first person narrative this gives the reader a perception through hanan s eyes of the situations of the divorce between her parents the.

The persian carpet by hanan shaykh.

Sometimes it goes for the best however it goes also for the worst. In the short story the persian carpet the author hanan al shaykh suggests that by making selfish choices one s relationship with important people in its life can be seriously damaged. Plot character symbols real life connection exposition introduction. Her father and brother exerted strict social control over her during her childhood and adolescence.

The readers and audience are introduced to the. Hanan shaykh the persian carpet when maryam had finished plaiting my hair into two pigtails she put her finger to her mouth and licked it then passed it over my eyebrows moaning. The persian carpet by. Ah what eyebrows you have they re all over the place she turned quickly to my sister and said.

Hanan al shaykh tells her mother s remarkable story. She attended the almillah primary school for muslim girls where she received a traditional education for muslim girls before continuing her education at the ahliah school. And i hurried to visit her in secret and i froze as i stepped over the threshold of muhammad s room and saw the missing persian carpet that. In the short story the narrator which is the protagonist suffers from self doubt as she gains a new perspective on her mother.

In the short story the persian carpet the author hanan al shaykh suggests that by making selfish choices one s relationship with important people in its life can be seriously damaged. Go and see if your fathers still praying. The narrators aunt maryam decides to assist the narrator and her sister secretly leave the house whilst their father is praying to visit her divorced mother.