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How do the actions of the protagonists in 'Broken April', and 'The Thief and the Dogs' lead to their inevitable deaths? Did either of them have the freedom of choice?
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WORLD LITERATURE ASIGNMENT 1 STANDARD LEVEL MAY 2005 Name: Rishit Temkar Candidate Number: 1425-051 Title: How do the actions of the protagonists in 'Broken April', and 'The Thief and the Dogs' lead to their inevitable deaths? Did either of them have the freedom of choice? Texts Used: 1. Naguib Mahfouz, The Thief and the Dogs, Double Day, 1989 ISBN: 0-385-26462-3 2. Ismail Kadare, Broken April, Vintage 2003 ISBN: 0-099-44987-0 Word Count: 1589 Both Ismail Kadare's 'Broken April' and Naguib Mahfouz's 'The Thief and the Dogs' have two different protagonists whose similar quest for revenge leads to their deaths. Both stories revolve around revenge and the choices made by the protagonists to extract this revenge. For Gjorg, the law makes revenge a legal compulsion with the only other option being alienation and death, whereas for Said, revenge is his chosen path. Both, placed in similar situations, react very differently. The question is whether they had the...
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