Bitter Berries
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| Author | Muhammad al-Arousi al-Matwi |
|---|---|
| Illustrator | |
| Country | Tunisia |
| Language | Arabic |
Publication date | 1967 |
| Pages | 312 |
"Bitter Berries" (Arabic: التوت المر) written by the Tunisian author Muhammad al-Arousi al-Matwi. It is a social novel of the realistic type with a social character. The book was published in 1967 . The story tells the struggle of a group of loyal youth against the spell of numerous violence and transferring done by the invader. The novel was a great success, as it was selected among the best hundred Arabs, and it was also translated into other languages, including Spanish, in 2006.[1]
Summary[edit]
The events are presented in a narrative structure that ranges from peace to frustration and compromise. The narrator presents a picture of a quiet village suffering from poverty. The families of Sheikh Muftah and Hajj Ali were two examples of the groups in which they live. One of them came to the village as an immigrant, fleeing the bad effects of war in Libya. The other owns an orchard and is one of the original villagers. The context changes when Abdullah consumed the Takruri plant without his knowledge resulting in a severe effect that appears on him.[2]
The Youth Society begins its efforts to wipe out the takruri plant and prevent its use and sale secretly or openly. A list is made of the homes that secretly cultivate the plant, and an agreement is made to set a collective date on which the members of the association commit themselves to destroy this plant wherever it is in one night. The shop of Ahmed Al-Aib, the largest drug dealer in the region, is being burned. The association seeks to spread awareness and circulate it by memorizing the poem that one of the village elders said in al-Takruri and making it sung and distributed. Abdullah marries Aisha, the paralyzed girl, and the mother leaves the house in protest against her son, who rebelled against her authority and married those who were rejected by a wife for her only son. In the end, Aisha gives birth to her first child, and the miracle occurs by the release of her legs from their bonds, and her body straightens after she was paralyzed. Abdullah is happy with that and goes out quickly to announce the good news to his mother, and to ask her for pardon and forgiveness, but he falls stumbling.[3]
The narrator frames the events historically. It rooted the events in the period of the French colonization of Tunisia, especially with the beginning of the spread of awareness of the necessity of resistance and the merging of efforts against the conqueror. As for the stability of the events in the story, it took a period that can be controlled from the time Sheikh Muftah's family came to the village to Abdullah's marriage to Aisha and then her birth to her first child, a period that can be specified in a year, a year and some months. The events of the novel take place in a village in the south of Tunisia, and we can perceive the features of this village from the descriptions attached to it, such as an oasis and orchards.[4]
Characters[edit]
- Abdullah is a young man of medium culture, but he embodies a model for the young man who is aware of his surroundings, aware of his reality, and of the plans of the colonizer. He is also aware that resistance is the only way to liberate from persecution, cruelty and slavery, and that this can only be achieved by combining efforts. He works as an assistant in a shop and was distinguished by his dedication to work, his love for everyone, and his good manners. He loves Aisha at first sight. He decided to sacrifice to make her happy. Together with a group of conscious youth, he formed the “Young Rescue Society” and worked as one hand to eradicate tacrory cannabis, prevent its use, and raise awareness of its harmful effects.
- Youth Rescue Association with its members Mahmoud, Mukhtar, and Ibrahim, as they all bring together their efforts to purify the village from the harmful effects of Al-Takruri plant (Hashish).[5]
- Fatima helped Abdullah develop his relationship with Aisha.
- The mother who prevented the hero and Aisha, despite her great love for her son. She left the house when he decided to marry someone she refused.
- Families: The family of Sheikh Miftah Al-Sayyid Al-Hamrouni, and the Abdullah family.
- Sheikh Muftah: A Libyan immigrant who settled in the village has two daughters, Aisha and Mabrouka. His wife died at a young age.[6]
Events and Issues[edit]
The novel deals with many issues such as sympathy, appreciation, respect, and love for Aisha, marriage, work relationship, and obstruction (the mother). What deals with social issues from the suffering of poverty, misery, and misery for a living, the family of Sheikh Muftah represents a model for that in the story, as they were those who were displaced by war and suffered scourge in search of security and stability. Mother's death. It also deals with recycled abuse to escape from the miserable reality.
References[edit]
- ↑ "About the story of bitter berries". موضوع (in العربية). Retrieved 2022-06-15.
- ↑ "Summing up the story of bitter berries". مختلفون (in العربية). 2021-01-29. Retrieved 2022-06-15.
- ↑ "Summing up the story of bitter berries". muhtwaask.com. Retrieved 2022-06-15.
- ↑ "Summing up the story of bitter berries in lines". sotor.com (in العربية). Retrieved 2022-06-15.
- ↑ "Summing up the story of bitter berries by Mohammed Al-Arousi Al-mutawi – trends 2022". ar.alnfaee.net (in العربية). Retrieved 2022-06-15.
- ↑ "Summing up the story of bitter berries by Mohammed Al-Arousi Al-mutawi - ocean website". m7et.com (in العربية). 2020-04-29. Retrieved 2022-06-15.
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