Mahfouz – Zaabalawi – Flashcards
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he made his name as a fiction writer in Egypt by
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presenting families that were representative of the Egyptian middle class
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that demographic of reader hadn't been the focus of novels until
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his work; they began to see themselves in his work
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he is a
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social realist, even though sometimes odd things happen in his work that can't be readily explained
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the real protagonist of his novels
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is time
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Zaabalawi: the story is a
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religious allegory with a set of symbolic characters that are acting out a drama with religious significance,
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the story itself is grounded in
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this character and his realistic concerns about his health this is where the tensions stems from
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story has a
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social and religious meaning
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the lawyer
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once he realizes there is no economic benefit when talking to the protagonist, he escorts him out
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local sheikh
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draws a map of the district to help the protagonist with his search; he tells him to take a systematic approach of finding Zaabalawi; this is not helpful advice because Zaabalawi doesn't have a single home
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Zaabalawi
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is a local hero somewhat of a medicine man
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The doctors can no longer help the
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protagonist with curing his illness which is why he is searching for Zaabalawi
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part of the cure he gives people is the
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journey people talk to find him which gives people hope; the suffering it takes to actually find Zaabalawi is also part of the cure
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the protagonist is "dying of a
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broken heart"; he is depressed because his father has died and is seeking closure in Zaabalawi, someone who knew his father
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he meets with the calligrapher and the composer who are
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more spiritual which is why they spend time with him during his visit
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more spiritual which is why they spend time with him during his visit
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these two groups of characters, he is a symbol that a modern Egyptian man can still be in touch with his spirituality
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Wanas will not speak witht he protagonist unless
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he is drunk
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drinks four glasses of wine, in the first one, he feels
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a fiery effect
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the second glass he
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loses his willpower
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in the third he
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loses his memory
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and in the fourth all of his
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thoughts about the future vanish
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he eventually falls asleep, has a
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wonderful dream, and while sleeping, Zaabalawi tries to wake him with water
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when the protagonist awakes
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it is too late and Zaabalawi is gone
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the protagonist decides he will
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keep searching for Zaabalawi, which he needs for spiritual reasons, he is not ready to meet him yet psychologically or spiritually, his cure cannot be bought with money
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once he gets to this place ironically he will
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probably already be cured
