Write a 5+ page essay on Susan Abulhawa’s novel, Mornings in Jenin.
Write a 5+ page essay on Susan Abulhawa’s novel, Mornings in Jenin.
May 11, 2020 Comments Off on Write a 5+ page essay on Susan Abulhawa’s novel, Mornings in Jenin. Uncategorized Assignment-helpwrite a 5+ page essay on Susan Abulhawa’s novel, Mornings in Jenin. What does it mean to be a Palestinian? What is the “Cost of Palestine”? How does Abulhawa uncover, provoke, refute or affirm our stereotypes of Palestinians?In order to answer this, think about the thought Amal had upon first meeting David, “You and I are the remains of an unfulfilled legacy, heirs to a kingdom of stolen identities and ragged confusion. In the complicity of siblinghood, of aloneness and unrootedness, Amal loved David instinctively” (270). What does this mean? Who is a Palestinian?To better understand these questions, please track one or two (interrelated) themes through the novel:Dispossession of landDispossession of selfExile (immigration/displacement/westernization/Americanization)The persistence of culture and tradition even through exile and displacementFamily (immediate and connected)Grief/LossNormalcy/Being Present in the MomentLoveJustice and injusticePhysical and psychological effects of warDehumanization vs. humanizationVictimizationReligion/cultural traditions/foodThe individual versus the universalComing of age, stages of lifeAnti-semitism/Anti-ArabTerrorismAmericanizationLiterature (poetry, letters, media, news articles, novels, books, learning)In writing this essay, please track the theme through the beginning, middle and end of the novel (you must write about all parts of the novel. If you only focus on parts in the beginning, I’ll know you only read the beginning!). Pay specific attention to specific symbols that reappear, specific narrative strategies (switching of narrative voice from third to first to third person), integration of source material, etc, to back up your claims.