Thursday, February 7, 2008
Chapter 11
Atiq is at the jail when a man comes by and tells him that he must wait there until Quassim comes to see him later. Atiq doesn't want to wait because he know it can take all day for him to show up. They get on the subject of Qaab who apparently died. Atiq doesn't even know that he died at first, and then he continues to question the man about what happened. The man gets upset because he thinks Atiq is making fun of him and that he should know what happened. I think Atiq really doesn't know what happened because I think that he is overwhelmed and just going through the motions of his everyday life. At some point in time I think that he knew what happened to him, but I think it just got pushed to the back of his mind and he can't remember what really went on. Quassim eventually shows up with two malitiawomen and a prisoner. The prisoner killed her husband and is to be executed in front of the whole town basically. This prisoner is Zunaria and I don't think Atiq knows who she is at the moment, but I kind of think that their families were friends way back when or something and they will eventually figure out who they are.
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"The man gets upset because he thinks Atiq is making fun of him and that he should know what happened. I think Atiq really doesn't know what happened because I think that he is overwhelmed and just going through the motions of his everyday life."
I totally agree with you. We see this as the author continues to build a case that Atiq is going crazy. He's just in deep thoughts, yet later in the novel we see this again in the last chapter, where the crowd turns against him. I don't think it is plausible for the character.
When Zunaria shows up at the jail I thought you'd reflect a bit more on this part, but your entry seems a bit short here. I think letting this go till the last night and trying to make so many blog posts every 10 minutes affected the quality of your responses.
Mr. Farrell
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