Blue Water Djinn Summary
Part One: Story Classification
Title, Author, and Date: “Blue Water Djinn,” by Téa Obreht (1985). Setting: This story takes place at a beachside hotel composed of bungalows located in
Sharm el-Sheik, Egypt. It seems to be a semi-popular tourist spot even though sharks and other creatures live in the ocean by this shore. The story itself though refers to other areas around this setting that some of the characters go to in searching for the Frenchman or in the Frenchman’s case his various body parts in these locations. Characters: The main characters are a young boy named Jack who tends to hang around places he should not necessarily be, an Ethiopian fisherman called Fawad who travels around with Mr. Hafez in search of the Frenchman, the …show more content…
To Jack’s knowledge the ocean, for him and others who swim, ends before the boat, where the blue water djinn live; the lifeguards call swimmers back before they got to the …show more content…
This beach makes sad noises and the water is black then Jack ends up seeing the real cause of this noise, blue water djinn, Jack believes they are laughing at him but then the shape shifts when he isn’t looking it becomes something different, bloated this is the Frenchman naked, large, and shouting for help against the waves who wish to carry him away; Jack does not realise this until a bit later when Jack does not have enough time to get help and is not allowed to swim there because of the djinn. This whole seen may be viewed as something that actually to Jack and the Frenchman then this story is more romantic. Although it can also be viewed realistic if you choose to believe the situations Jack goes through are conjurings of his imagination because he has be told stories that show that magic terrifying creatures are real and very dangerous which is actually a good thing since it means he will be much safer while he believe that but a bad thing because 1. Jack is going to be less trusting of Fawad after the story is over since he possibly lied to him about the blue water djinn and 2. He may have been able to save the Frenchman if he was worried about nonexistent
Title, Author, and Date: “Blue Water Djinn,” by Téa Obreht (1985). Setting: This story takes place at a beachside hotel composed of bungalows located in
Sharm el-Sheik, Egypt. It seems to be a semi-popular tourist spot even though sharks and other creatures live in the ocean by this shore. The story itself though refers to other areas around this setting that some of the characters go to in searching for the Frenchman or in the Frenchman’s case his various body parts in these locations. Characters: The main characters are a young boy named Jack who tends to hang around places he should not necessarily be, an Ethiopian fisherman called Fawad who travels around with Mr. Hafez in search of the Frenchman, the …show more content…
To Jack’s knowledge the ocean, for him and others who swim, ends before the boat, where the blue water djinn live; the lifeguards call swimmers back before they got to the …show more content…
This beach makes sad noises and the water is black then Jack ends up seeing the real cause of this noise, blue water djinn, Jack believes they are laughing at him but then the shape shifts when he isn’t looking it becomes something different, bloated this is the Frenchman naked, large, and shouting for help against the waves who wish to carry him away; Jack does not realise this until a bit later when Jack does not have enough time to get help and is not allowed to swim there because of the djinn. This whole seen may be viewed as something that actually to Jack and the Frenchman then this story is more romantic. Although it can also be viewed realistic if you choose to believe the situations Jack goes through are conjurings of his imagination because he has be told stories that show that magic terrifying creatures are real and very dangerous which is actually a good thing since it means he will be much safer while he believe that but a bad thing because 1. Jack is going to be less trusting of Fawad after the story is over since he possibly lied to him about the blue water djinn and 2. He may have been able to save the Frenchman if he was worried about nonexistent