Return To Somalia Essay

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Somalian born, Nuruddin Farah, is an independent fiction author that focuses on Somalia’s political and social history. Previously, Farah published ten novels that have been translated into more than twenty different languages. Crossbones, is part of his last volume, ‘Return to Somalia’, trilogy that began with Link and Knots. This essay will be divided into two separate parts, in the first section; I will highlight the authors’ main themes and arguments covered throughout the novel. The second parts of this essay will critically analyze the authors writing structure and style and persuasiveness and validity of the author’s main argument

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Given the author’s background, the argument offered by Farah is based on his own experiences as a native of the country who has been able to see how drastically Somalia has changed over the years. Despite offering a very compelling argument, the author falters in his writing ability when it comes to keeping the reader interested in the story. Due to his overly wordy tendencies that often provide too much descriptive language in certain scenes, the reader is subjected to reading fatigue that ultimately detracts from keeping the story as compelling as possible. At the same time, however, the author is quite successful in explaining the situation of Somalia through his unique way of using individual characters’ internal thoughts to explain their motivations behind their actions. In all, while Crossbones is a difficult read, the process is worth it as one gains a deeper understanding of all of the nuances that exist within Somalia; it is quite an eye-opener to the Western reader who may see the place as yet another example of self-created African

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