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Pages 1-6 (specifically Page 4) on Character
It is interesting to note how Rezak comes to be hired as a gardener by the American wife, Sonya Harouni. Daniyal Mueenuddin describes her as “an English major,” who uses the words of Yeats, Rilke and Keats “as a restorative,” painting her as a sensitive soul, but perhaps also as shallow and unable to think on her own. She wants to do more than Ghulam Rasool asks for Rezak because “It made her happy to think of spoiling [Rezak] in his old age.” It seems that Daniyal Mueenuddin means “spoiling” in two ways: the sense of treating someone indulgently and also of harming them from overindulgence. Mueenuddin only uses the word, “spoiling,” once in his story, worth noting as it connects to the title. The events that follow are indeed both—at times, Rezak has the indulgences of life as Sonya hoped; at others, he is seriously harmed by his involvement with her family. It is ironic that her desire to help Rezak backfires so badly, leading in some way to the loss of his wife, his torture, and his lonely death; all this from an innocent decision to hire him as gardener and to ease his passage through life.—199 words
Pages 1-6 on Character
What a ironic title “A Spoiled Man”it is! This fiction is surrounded the old age life of Rezak. He is perhaps one of the most pitiful persons living in the world - no relative, no friend, no property, and no health. Most of his life is a tragedy. For“outmaneuvered, dispossessed”by his stepbrother, he loses his land and property. He is so plain and simple that can not fight against his stepbrother. He has to stand hard work and bears the difficult life. His food is so hard to swallow even the tea house waiter who is“the hardened by a diet of stale leftovers from the kitchen, was dubious about eating this time-expired bird.” Even through above all, he remains the positive attitude of his life. He established a tiny settle which is clear, neat,and comfortable -“his shoes into a wooden box”，“the floor with a cotton mattress”.Although he is old in other person’s eyes, he does not abandon the hope of improving the condition of the work. He stands beside the road to try to come in the notice of the hostess and does the volunteer of carrying the clay pots to attract the sight of the old majordomo. I really expect some lucky change by his struggling.
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Page 1-6 (specifically page 2) on conflict
I felt such pity for his loneliness in his entire life. Although Rezak was a man of ability person, he never settled down for his life. It saddens me that “This box had become his home and consolation” on page two. It imply internal conflict an inside the mind (solitary) of main character (Rezak). His personality problems made him to lead a solitary life; however, Rezak may had an interpersonal difficulty. He didn’t want to overcome or tried to restore relationship from each place he worked-- he would rather than take apart from them and carried it away easily (same way he did in his early twenties from his home).Rezak was a quiet self-contained man yet he was sadly deficient with something that led to live in solitude and set out on a wandered life .I was hoping he would live with a lifetime companion in his box (cubicle);nevertheless, I have a compassion for his karma on his life in this story.
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Page 12—17 on setting
A sad and pity feeling surrounding me in read Rezak’s miserable life. Daniyal Mucenuddin creates a deep mood and spreads out his feeling in many part of story which leads me to pity the fate of Rezak. After Rezak is returned to his cubicle from the cruel police station, he has completely “self-examination about his life. Even though he is a brutal tortured by policeman, he would keep silent without any complains but only blames himself for having higher expectation of own something(on page 15). I would lament what a helpless and fatalistic he is. Mucenuddin also creates a solemn atmosphere to express the pity of mistress Sonya after hearing the death of Rezak in her estate and the front of Rezak’s gravestone. Through the scenes of the candlelight night, the house “like an empty church or a school when the children are gone” (on page 16); the television antenna and bouquets of plastic flowers, bought by Rezak for pleasing his wife’s innocent heart, are still there as before (on page17). I can imagine what a sad moment. However, “like falling leaves”, he is forgotten soon after with his gone belonging, even Sonya, the kind-hearted mistress, her attention is fading gradually (last paragraph). The sorrowful mood of story brings me to consider a “spoiled” fate in a deep way.
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Page 7-11 on conflict
After reading “ A Spoiled Man” I felt bad for Razak, and I found out that the loneliness is a big trouble in his life and the main conflict of the story too. Razak solitariness started when “He had left home determined….” (Page 7) A person changing their environment and surrounding are external conflict. Razak faced lots of difficulty even he married with a simple girl. I can understand his feeling because Asian are need child to protect them when they are in old age, that’s why Razak also “Wish that he had given me sons of my own, as….” (Page 7) When the neighbor suggests him to marry with his cousin’s daughter: “…Hope and desire pierced his heart….” (Page 7) It is an internal conflict, which is person versus self-conflict. I felt sad for him because “…less than a year….” (Page 8) his wife and child dead, and he became alone again, which is the external conflict. The story of “A Spoiled Man” had lots of steep, which was really interesting for me._177 words
Pages 1-6 on Character
Rezak is a polite, self-abased, and warmly old man in the story. Although his appearance is weak but he tries to show the educated behaviors in front of people who are rich person or some ranked people. His legs are “bowlegged with a lopsided”, and his face is battered face. But when the American wife, Sonny Harouni, came to him, Rezak respected and saluted her, His eyes “ straight ahead, not looking at her”. He make a restorative to make up his disadvantages, like body, age, and language. However, when he talks to a gardener he feel no confidence among them even they are same rank people. He wants to fawn on him. He said “I’m from the mountains, brother”. But, he gives a faith to his friends the people same like him when he worked at the poultry sheds, leaves his food to them and insists them to eat. In short, Rezak is a kindly, honest, but some cowardly person. –161 words
Homaira
Page 12 to 17 conflict.
The despairing story about lonely Rezak in “A Spoiled Man” was really rueful. The conflict on page 13 was when Razak told the policeman with his innocent voice, “There is a god above us who judges everything.” The policeman becomes suddenly mad and started to abuse Rezak physically and verbally. The other conflict on the same page was when Razak knew that if he says a word that could make the policeman angry than he would be beaten up even more. This was apparent because when Razak said, “For God’s sake, for God mercy I have no daughter, sir….” the officer replied, “You’re really trying to piss me off, aren’t you?” and then the officer started hurting him again. This meaningful and painful story about Razak’s misfortunes reminds me that we can buy everything in life except happiness and health.
General’s Son
The short story “A spoiled Man” by Daniyal Mueenuddin is a depressing story. From pages 7 to 11 Omar Bukhari (son of the Inspector General of Police) is an arrogant spoiled man who took over the case of Rezak’s missing wife. For example, “he flipped his tiny cell phone, he punched a number.” and said “Get me the D.S.P Murree.” He treated Rezak with no respect. For example, “He fixed Rezak with a hard gaze.” And asked Rezak “who took her?” as if the old man would know. He also thinks he’s better than most people because his father is the General. Omar is an aggressive young man, from the way he responds to Ghulam Rasool. For example, he responded “We’ll break the bastards’ legs when we catch them.” I also think Omar is demanding and disrespectful. For example, when he was on the phone with Qazmi, he demanded Qazmi that he wanted the girl back by tomorrow night and come to the house in the morning so he could take down the details. As a result, Omar Bukahari has no respect for anyone. He just lives in his own self-absorbed world. (192)
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Pages 7-11 (specifically Page 9,10) on Setting
Generally speaking, setting means the physical or sensuous world of a work literature. It include a time in which the action place, social environment and atmosphere of the society . As a action place, Rezak lived Pakistan highland in the mountainous area(Muree or Kashmir). He grown up rural area as drinking from the streams, breathing the fresh air and play with his chidren friend in the boy hood. May be Rezak raised religeous family environment because he said, " God has been good to me, more than I deserved." And as asocial environment of Pakistan is a little dangerous environment area since violation of human rights . For examples, many case of missing women and children and abuse of public power . Time of this story is vary , according to page from 8 to 10, Rezak try to find his wife from dawn to late night, At dark , she still had not returned. Searching the mountain, the farthest terraced fields, went to the nearby villages. Location spans from Muree to Rawalpindi. It looks like a vast area of north Pakistan. (152 word)
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