ITCOM quotes
Quotes: In the Country of Men Character/Theme
Quotes
Sulieman
Take care of your mother, you are the man of the house now… pg.5 ...Doubtful of the world and my place in it.. pg21 (naive, trying to be a man) Najwa (mama)
But no, i must be a good wife, loyal and unquestioning, support my man regardless. i’ll support nothing that puts my son in danger pg 97 The mother who tried to never have me, the mother who never chose it, the mother who resisted in all the ways she knew how. pg 245 (suliman goes back to meet his mum sees her before she sees him, he realises how young she was and how much they loved each other) All you men are the same pg 38
Faraj (baba)
At times i used to wish that baba was more like rashid pg 29 He loves his books more than anything else pg 99 When he was home, baba seemed distant pg 143
Moosa
at other times i secretly wished that Moosa, Baba’s closest friend, was my father instead pg 30
Kareem
.. a certain sadness had entered his eyes the day Ustath Rashid was taken, but it wasn’t the sadness of longing, it was the sadness of betrayal pg 40
Ustath Rashid
No one knew why rashid had been taken , but the next day the rumors began to spread that he had been a traitor pg 36
Bahloul
although i knew Bahloul was mad… these meaningless words that he always repeated, increased my confusion pg 49
Sharief
“ i knew that Sharief was still there, loyal pg 142
Innocence
the innocent.. have no cause to fear, only the guilty live in fear pg 8 i couldn’t lift her, couldn’t carry her, because i was only nine pg 148 children arn’t suppose to know these things pg 95
Loyalty and
Betrayal
Betrayal was a hand squeezing my throat p13 what united Kareem and me rarely felt like friendship, but something like blood or virtue (doing something for a good reason, right thing to do) pg 23 How can any one of us prove that he or she is not, and never was, a
Quotes
Sulieman
Take care of your mother, you are the man of the house now… pg.5 ...Doubtful of the world and my place in it.. pg21 (naive, trying to be a man) Najwa (mama)
But no, i must be a good wife, loyal and unquestioning, support my man regardless. i’ll support nothing that puts my son in danger pg 97 The mother who tried to never have me, the mother who never chose it, the mother who resisted in all the ways she knew how. pg 245 (suliman goes back to meet his mum sees her before she sees him, he realises how young she was and how much they loved each other) All you men are the same pg 38
Faraj (baba)
At times i used to wish that baba was more like rashid pg 29 He loves his books more than anything else pg 99 When he was home, baba seemed distant pg 143
Moosa
at other times i secretly wished that Moosa, Baba’s closest friend, was my father instead pg 30
Kareem
.. a certain sadness had entered his eyes the day Ustath Rashid was taken, but it wasn’t the sadness of longing, it was the sadness of betrayal pg 40
Ustath Rashid
No one knew why rashid had been taken , but the next day the rumors began to spread that he had been a traitor pg 36
Bahloul
although i knew Bahloul was mad… these meaningless words that he always repeated, increased my confusion pg 49
Sharief
“ i knew that Sharief was still there, loyal pg 142
Innocence
the innocent.. have no cause to fear, only the guilty live in fear pg 8 i couldn’t lift her, couldn’t carry her, because i was only nine pg 148 children arn’t suppose to know these things pg 95
Loyalty and
Betrayal
Betrayal was a hand squeezing my throat p13 what united Kareem and me rarely felt like friendship, but something like blood or virtue (doing something for a good reason, right thing to do) pg 23 How can any one of us prove that he or she is not, and never was, a