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Aunt Safiyya and the Monastery - Coggle Diagram
Aunt Safiyya and the Monastery
Language
Motifs
The wall around the monastery reflects Harbi's Isolation
The recurring imagery of a white donkey
Character Behavioural Cycles
Copying the Bey's marrarism
Symbolic Imagery
the neighboring houses p1
"we were, in some sense it's neighbors."
Saffiyya's name: "Saffa," denotes innocencepurity and beauty
Structural Echos
The contrast of the harmonious/interconnected community in the beginning of the novel and the fallout and division of the community in the end
Description of physical appearance
Saffiyya: due to revenge
serene to mad
beautiful to ugly
Harbi: due to illness
strong (like a horse) to ill
and weak (weak cheekbones)
"in his cheeks were two ruddy circles"
Tone Shifts & Mood
The sentence structure to match the high intensity and tension of the moment (the horses galloping
Nostalgic calm disrupted by violence demonstration destructive nature of revenge
Juxatposed Perspectives
The innocent narrator vs collective mortality
Themes
Isolation
Isolation as both a protective and destructive force
Marginalization
Obsession