![]() ![]() Ahmed is therefore raised as a boy, and is given much positive attention due to her perceived gender. However, when his wife gives birth to a baby girl, he is not impressed.Īs a solution, Ahmed's father decides to pretend that his daughter is actually a boy, and to bring her up accordingly. He becomes obsessed with having a son and becomes involved with many superstitious behaviors such as using spells. It is suggested that Ahmed's father is ashamed he has not yet had a son and is also frightened about what will happen after his death, as his fortune will surely be inherited by his younger brothers. Ahmed's father is lamenting the fact that he had so far only had daughters, and now wants a son. The storyteller claims that "the secret was there, in those pages, woven out of syllables and images." The narrative jumps back in time, to before Ahmed was born. Ahmed is now dead, and the storyteller is reading from her journal, in order to find out who Ahmed really was. The main narrative then begins, as the storyteller continues with the story. Although we later discover that Ahmed is a woman, she is referred to as "he" in the frame narrative. She is in seclusion and is described as looking very old. The text opens with a frame narrative, where the protagonist Ahmed is elderly. The Sand Child is not told in chronological order and instead has a unique narrative structure. We are thankful for their contributions and encourage you to make your own. These notes were contributed by members of the GradeSaver community. ![]()
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