1. What is the conflict between Amin and Nasir?

• Amin is frustrated with Nasir because he hates that Mahmud is becomming closer friends with and spending most of his time with him and not him basically Amin is jelous that Mahmud found a true friend.

2. Why does Mahmud begin to "test" Nasir?

• Mahmud had a fervor that Nasir was a women. What are these test?


• Test one was having Nasir play chess game which proved that if if hewon or knew how to play he was a man because in the book women in those days didnt know hw to play chess unless you were a man. Test two was to take Nasir to the basket of Mahmuds palace and see what Nasir would hae pick between jewels or swords. Test 3 which was for Nasir to come to the bath house which he never showed up meaning Nasiris is a women.

3. What would a feminist critic say about the "tests" Mahmud conducts on Nasir?

• The feminist critic would say Mahmud was playing a gender issue game to prove a superficial fact by driving the contestant to her or his desire for things.

4. Why must Mahmud go to Alexandria? What happened? Mahmud must go to Alexandria because of Nasir. Mahmud,Nasir and the guys were suppose to meet up at the bath and never showed.

1. What is the deal that Nasir made with Jihha?2. Based on what you've read thus far, make an inference on what you think might happen with Nasir in Part 2?
Nasira and jihha will start a business at suq and sell medican herbs In order for their family to get rich and live happily.

1.What impacts of Quran on Arabic literature can you sought out in this book. Think of the beginning/ start of the book? The Qur'an has been the ultimate source recognized
command for muslims and which has great impact on the Aracbic literature . Basically this book is saying words are put down in remembrance of thier remarkable events for those who came after to read and know about , through beauty of arabic writing.

2. How is Islam influenced by this text. Give 3 instances/moments where this happens.

"Followers of Islam, known as Muslims, believe that God (or, in Arabic, Allah)"

1. O my children,the ways of Allah are beyond human understanding

2." Allah will provide," they alsways said . "Allah will provide."

3." May Allah prosper you in all you undertake. May he keep you in health.

3. Why is Fatimah crying? What ill-fate is the narrator talking about?If Buran was rejected by her own blood she cried thinking what man would want her and her mother said if Allah could find one for me then Insha Allah , Allah will provide one for you. which man were perfect for them because of their status like cheap, a burden and etc.
4. Burhan is talking to herself, after having a short conversation with her father. She says, " It wouldn't have been a mistake three hundred years before, or two hundred years before, or even hundred years before". What is she referring to here? What was the short conversation father and daughter had? She is saying times had changed and by her trying to get her father to send her to set up a shop so her family could stop suffering and live the life they should have.

Questions (p 28-50)
1. "If I die, let me die among those I love”. Who said this what is the context? Abu al-Banat , the father of seven daughters
2. “You have a most educated eye my daughter? (P.35) What of Burhan is revealed here?That Burhan is shopping and the stall keeper say she had an educated eye meaning selecting clothes for herslef which she tells the keeper its for her brother , it reavles that she has good intentions for things just as trading gender.
3. Who is Gindar? Gindar is the cheif basically the taxi driver for Buran long journey.
4. “ A man on my caravan will tell you as much about himself as he wants you to know.” Pg.45 What does this foreshadow? You are here for a reason not to be heart felted , just business and dont share any information you wouldnt want out in the open.
5. Coming of Age: Read the first full paragraph on p. 40 ( A bend in the suq…..) and explain how this paragraphs shows coming of age? This is comming of age because Buran is walking by the Nizamiyya college and rembering the golden age and what her city and life really meant to her and her experience.
A coming-of-age story or novel is memorable because the character undergoes adventures and/or inner turmoil in his/her growth and development as a human being. Some characters come to grips with the reality of cruelty in the world--with war, violence, death, racism, and hatred--while others deal with family, friends, or community issues. ( from: http://classiclit.about.com/)
6. “It would be better to attempt to cross the desert by myself and die on the journey, my bones picked clean by vultures and left to bleach in the sun then go back home.” Why is Nasir saying this pg.48? Nasir is saying that anything would be better than to bring back my cowadice back to my father's house and had already failed, he would once more talk to the Gindarbefore he under goes this long journey alone.

1. What are 3 important facts you learned about the video?

That the jewish communites are very kept to themself they dont like to comunitcate with other people. they try to only be invovled with jewish people in their lives and childrens.

2. How did what you watched in these videos help you better understand Asher Lev, his family and the community he lives in?

That Asher lev community and family really manage their time they do their studies, school and prayer and dont get involved with things that doesnt imply to their religion. they try not to be on their own paths which mean they dont like interfer with others.

3. Provide 5 situations you read thus far in My Name is Asher Lev that are directly influenced by what you watched in these videos, of the Hasidim religion.

school, home, synagogue,traditional values, neighborhood,prayer.

4. Name one thing you would like to further explore. You have must name at least one thing, as we know that these videos do not give us the full picture of the entire religion.

One thing the videos didnt emphize on what the father's major roles are . The mother is the one who takes care of the child and helps that child learn and memorize him/her roles as jewish children but major effect does the father have. In Asher lev the father is basically never around. How do they add to the childs life and what major roles are presented in that postion?

Poetry Out Loud

Song of the Powers By David Mason
Mine, said the stone,
mine is the hour.
I crush the scissors,
such is my power.
Stronger than wishes,
my power, alone.
Mine, said the paper,
mine are the words
that smother the stone
with imagined birds,
reams of them, flown
from the mind of the shaper.
Mine, said the scissors,
mine all the knives
gashing through paper’s
ethereal lives;
nothing’s so proper
as tattering wishes.
As stone crushes scissors,
as paper snuffs stone
and scissors cut paper,
all end alone.
So heap up your paper
and scissor your wishes
and uproot the stone
from the top of the hill.
They all end alone
as you will, you will.

5 Themes In Asher Lev

1.family

2.religion

3. social worms

4.struggle for identity

5.desire for art

the theme I picked is struggle for identity because its a major part of Asher's life.

Asher struggles each and every single day finding himself . One major particle why Asher has a hard time of finding himself is that each of his parents expect something major from him. He has a hard time finding himself because of his desire for art.

like it says in chaper one he's a gifted child. Wthout art he has a hard time expressing his true identity as an artist. basically all Asher is hiding his real identity. He knows he and his family are observant jews so he tries not bringing shame to his family by not drawing even though he's going to bring shame in the future but this time he tries to keep his drawing on the down low. Asher for now is discovering his true self as an observant jew inoder to do that he has to stop drawing for awhile which he did.

In conclusion Asher might have a struggle finding his true identity but he's going through a phase of finding himself. In the position of his father working for the rabbi Asher has high standards of being the best . Asher is in a akward stage which every child goes through but I believe Asher will find his true identity before the story is finished. Asher is almost of the insight of his true self .