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Spiritual Growth About Tayeb Salih Novelist writing in Arabic, was born in the northern axis of central Sudan. After gaining an advanced degree in London, he worked for the BBC as the head of Arabic drama. Tayeb Salih had the novella The Wedding of Zein ＜泽恩的姻缘＞published which was made into an Arabic film and won an award at the Cannes Film Festival in 1976. In 2001 his Season Of Migration To The North北徙时节 was selected by a panel of Arab writers and critics as the most important Arab novel of the twentieth century. “Turning to left and right, I found I was halfway between north and south. I was unable to continue, unable to return.” He has also written many acclaimed short stories. A Handful of Dates椰枣 1. Please give a summary of the story. 2. What’s your impressions of the main characters in the story? (“I”, my grandfather, and Masood) 3. What change occurs in the boy’s opinion of his grandfather? What causes the change? 4. Why is it significant that at the start of the story the narrator often recites the Koran, especially from the Chapter of the Merciful, to his grandfather and others? 5. How do you understand the images “river”, “land”, “mosque”, “palm tree”, and “dates”? 6. What is the theme of the story? This short story is told through the eyes of a young boy as he experiences an epiphany顿悟, a critical moment of awareness that perhaps marks his passage from a child to an adult. The boys love and admiration for his grandfather is diminished as the boy listens to his grandfather describe Masood and observes the treatment of the man, for whom the young boy feels a likeness. Words and Expressions: 1. Pat me on the head and give my cheek a pinch 2. Give rein to my imagination and picture to myself… 3. Rub the tip of his nose with his forefinger; as for his beard, it was soft and luxuriant and as white as cotton-wool… 4. --All I know is that it’s the arena for my dreams and my playground. 5. I remembered Masood’s singing, his beautiful voice and powerful laug