1.
Give significant
background information about the author or the literary piece
Answer:
Kahlil
Gibran, was a Lebanese American artist, poet, and writer. Born in the town of
Bsharri in modern-day Lebanon (then part of the Ottoman Mount Lebanon
mutasarrifate), as a young man he emigrated with his family to the United
States where he studied art and began his literary career. He is chiefly known
in the English speaking world for his 1923 book. The Prophet, an early example
of inspirational fiction including a series of philosophical essays written in
poetic English prose. The book sold well despite a cool critical reception, and
became extremely popular in the 1960s counterculture. Gibran is the third
best-selling poet of all time, behind Shakespeare and Lao-Tzu
2.
Write the
synopsis or summary of the literary text
Answer:
The Prophet Set in Orphalese Al Mustafa stays in Orphalese
for twelve Years Waiting for the Ship. Ship Arrives in the 12 th Year In the
seventh day of Ielool The month of reaping. People of Orphalese Sad over the
leaving of Al Mustafa Almitra asks Al Mustafa to give truth to the people of
Orphalese before his departure People ask one by one about the different
aspects of life.
There are twenty-six questions
regarding various aspects of life. Addressing each question individually,
Almustafa exhibits a general tendency to show, through allusions to nature and
everyday activities, the interrelatedness of life. He rejects many of the
formalities and restrictions characterizing such human institutions as law and
religion. He dismisses common views about marriage dissolving the spouses'
individuality, molding children to the parents' preconceived ideas about their
futures and prayer being about intercession in time of need, want or sorrow.
Nudity, a significant taboo among all the peoples of the Middle East, is used
several times as a symbol for natural purity and to question formalized views
on morality. Generosity can result in good or evil, depending on the
motivations of the giver and the receiver. Many aspects of life are seen as two
sides of a single coin. Almustafa urges the people to see even in life's
negative aspects some spark of good, and he urges the people, young, old and
middle-aged, rich and poor, male and female, to appreciate the unity of life
under God and behave accordingly.
3.
List down three
questions that come to mind while reading the text, then choose one explore it
more fully
Answer:
Where does al
Mustafa come from?
What the meaning
of “You May House Their
Bodies Not the Souls” on children?
What does Kahlil
Gibran poem on children mean?
I would like to answer the 2nd
question. It means that parents
can provide shelter to their children Physically they can provide shelter to
children But souls should not be held as a captive by the parents. Parents
cannot provide spiritual shelter to their children Their souls lie in the
future it cannot be visited even in dreams
4.
Explain the
emotion that literary text awoke in you or which you felt while or after
reading the piece.
Answer:
Gibran’s masterpiece, The Prophet representing wisdom of a
prophetic quality. Each chapter in The Prophet is, in a sense, complete in
itself; it presents Gibran’s views on some aspects of life or other problems of
universal interest. Gibran calls for a utopian city by giving treatments to
each issue in life. He presents an image of a world not yet in existence. The
principles of his message are taken from all religions. Al-Mustafa’s desire for
teaching, guidance, and support encourages his followers as well as people all
over the world to form the social and moral conception of God. He is preaching
his wise messages friendly not forcefully by persuading his followers and his
readers
5.
Copy a part of
literary text (sentence, paragraph, dialogue) which is striking, puzzling most
beautiful, enlightening and discuss why?
Answer:
Much have we loved
you. But speechless was our love, and with veils has it been veiled.
Gibran,
through his mouthpiece Al-Mustafa, teaches the value of idealistic uncorrupted
love and truth which are appealing to all people. His thoughts reflect not
individual’s love but the spirit of corporate relations. He shows his followers
how to live and act as lovers in this world; this means that Gibran perceives
the failure and insufficiency love in Orphalese.
6.
Identify the
theme of literary piece.
Answer:
Religious views .
His knowledge of Lebanon's bloody history, with its destructive factional
struggles, strengthened his belief in the fundamental unity of religions which
was exampled to him by his parents welcoming of diverse religionists in their
home.[ He is admired by a vast audience among Christians and Muslims.
Political thought
Gibran was by no means a politician. He used to say : "I am not a
politician, nor do I wish to become one" and "Spare me the political
events and power struggles, as the whole earth is my homeland and all men are
my fellow countrymen".
Nevertheless, Gibran called for the adoption of Arabic as a national
language of Syria, considered from a geographic point of view, not as a
political entity.[When Gibran met `Abdu'l-Bahá in 1911–12, who traveled to the
United States partly to promote peace, Gibran admired the teachings on peace
but argued that "young nations like his own" be freed from Ottoman
control. Gibran also wrote the famous "Pity The Nation" poem during
these years, posthumously published in The Garden of the Prophet.
When the Ottomans were finally driven out of Syria during World War I, Gibran's exhilaration was manifested in a sketch called "Free Syria" which appeared on the front page of al-Sa'ih's special "victory" edition. Moreover, in a draft of a play, still kept among his papers, Gibran expressed great hope for national independence and progress.[citation needed] This play, according to Khalil Hawi, "defines Gibran's belief in Syrian nationalism with great clarity, distinguishing it from both Lebanese and Arab nationalism, and showing us that nationalism lived in his mind, even at this late stage, side by side with internationalism.
When the Ottomans were finally driven out of Syria during World War I, Gibran's exhilaration was manifested in a sketch called "Free Syria" which appeared on the front page of al-Sa'ih's special "victory" edition. Moreover, in a draft of a play, still kept among his papers, Gibran expressed great hope for national independence and progress.[citation needed] This play, according to Khalil Hawi, "defines Gibran's belief in Syrian nationalism with great clarity, distinguishing it from both Lebanese and Arab nationalism, and showing us that nationalism lived in his mind, even at this late stage, side by side with internationalism.
7.
Write the
critique of the works using an appropriate literary approach or theory
(Example: Feminism, Marxism, formalism, behaviorism, etc)
Answer:
Gibran’s distinguished moral values and wise teachings for
each of life issues presented in
The Prophet stand for a utopian city by presenting an image
of a world not yet in existence. The principles of his global message are taken
from all religions by discarding dogmatism and hailing love, solidarity, and
mutual understanding. Al-Mustafa’s desire for such teachings encourages his
followers as well as the addresses all over the world to form social and moral
conception of God as a source of love. He preaches these wise messages in
solidarity, and through persuasion, simply because he totally rejects hegemonic
ideology.
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