Sandy Tolan Narrative Techniques

Sandy Tolan took a narrative approach to tell the story of Bashir Khairi and Dalia Eshkenazi. This approach helped the audience feel more in tune to the story for better moments of drama and action. The split perspective that was shown helped show how two different religions interacted with each other throughout the many different territorial wars that ensued. This strategy was effective because it helped readers interpret the story easier. The strategy was ineffective because it could’ve provoked readers to choose one side of the struggle without trying to relate to the other side of the story. The narrative approach that Sandy Tolan used helped the audience feel more in tune for better moments of drama and action. Such examples would include the Six Day War that took place between the Palestinians and the Israelis. Another example would include the Jordanian Civil War that occurred between the Palestinians. In these prime examples, Tolan emotionally appealed to the audience by describing the many different moments of warfare and turmoil that happened to innocent families.

Bashir personally felt cheated because of the fact that he was exiled from his homeland without condolences or opportunity to return. Dalia felt as though she was owed the land of Israel because of her belief in Zionism. Controversies arose because of Dalia’s newfound home interfered with the chance of Bashir returning to his original home in al-Ramla. Throughout these controversies, relationships intertwined between Bashir and Dalia to form one of the bases for the main story of The Lemon