Zaabalawi
Paper instructions:
Read the short story Zaabalawi. (I will provide the text for you) In a fully developed argument, addressing one of the following analytical topics:
The narrator of Naguib Mahfouz’s short story is looking for a man named “Zaabalawi.” What does Zaabalawi represent to him – what does he want from him? What is the “illness” of which the narrator complains?
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Discuss how each character in Mahfouz’s story describes “Zaabalawi.” How do their perceptions of him reflect their own personalities? What traits do their perceptions have in common? How are they different?
