Analysis Of 'The Princess By Jean Sasson'

Student: Adiola Sina

Department: Banking and Finance

Course: English 109 – Development of Reading and Writing Skills in English
BBC WORLD SERVICE (2014, 29 September). Almaz’s story http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-29415876 It is easy to romanticize poverty, to see poor people as inherently lacking agency and will. It is easy to strip them of human dignity, to reduce them to objects of pity. And this has never been clearer than in the view of Africa ..." - Chmimamanda Ngozi Adichie.
It is hard to share the perspective of African economy by the optimistic optic as it would be a delusion , but I would rather prefer it to be a harsh realistic point of view. The black continent long has been hunted by the west under the principle "Developing

I recall my first encounter with Riyadh through "The Princess" by Jean Sasson , a roman based on a true story testified by an Arab princess talking about the sour reality of females there (but this is not our topic) ,who brought to the readers her childhood memories of how a female labor would be treated in Ryiath - a horrible picture of the poor destiny of those who dare to work there. Jean Sasson quoted in her book : "Surely the weakness of our monarchy in Saudi Arabia is bound in our addiction to extravagance. I fear it will be our undoing". This is the message lived brutally by

These is what pushed the young Almaz to travel to Ryiadh, best known for it's successful economy -due to the black treasure, and it's extravagant architecture , stunning and shining for pocket of many. But Ryiadh, is also well known by people in need of job for the famous recruitments of labors who are attracted by the beautiful wages advertised in bold letters (even here in Albania you can find many job recruitments to Saudi Arabia) . The modest expectations of Almaz were too much for the hosting family, whose arrogance was the topic of the day. "Welcome" in the daily routine was translated into orders such as clean, make beds, feed birds, cook and many other scary requirements . Almaz was not lazy, not at all but in the contrary she would work without any complain from the early morning hours till 2 am , a continuous nightmare. But this was just the beginning. The next piece of puzzle was like a maze, which gave no hope for an ending. Day after day she would face adding hours of work, no rest, fatigue , unfair endless complains and increasing dose of arrogance of the employers. The wife of the owner of the home whom Almaz used to call her "Mama" was everything but the mama figure and deserved the less of respect of an employ. She would crucify our Almaz just because she could. Money was the fountain of