The Day the Leader was Killed
Naguib Mahfouz was born in Cairo, Egypt. He graduated from University of Cairo in 1935, majoring in philosophy. Over the span of his life, he has written more than 30 novels and at least 14 collections of short stories (Naguib 1). After his academic pursuits, he had served the government and several other ministries; he spent his spare time writing. Although he retired from that job in 1971, he still pursued his writing career. In 1988, Naguib Mafouz was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature (Naguib 1).This fiction writer has a variety of books, which represent a wide range of themes. In The Day the Leader was Killed, he shows realism in the situations presented through the minds or perspectives of the different characters. Religious affiliation is clearly shown throughout the novel. This seems to be the only aspect in their “miserable” lives that gives them any hope to live on. In this story, we see Elwan’s and Randa’s families plagued by the economic situations around them. The Infitah is repeated numerous times throughout the novel to highlight the cause of the characters’ conflicts with life and each other; this Infitah was Sadat’s open-door economic policy (Egypt 1). Sadat coming in
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Approximate Word count = 1718
Approximate Pages = 7 (250 words per page double spaced)
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