The Alley Gangsterism

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Improvements and regressions are always a natural cause in the development of a community, psychologically and socially. Children of the Alley demonstrate a cycle of improvement and regression throughout the community with each messenger that Gabalawi is sending to the population. The alley brought gangsterism and gangsterism broke the alley, the messengers were bringing the people together again, but all failed to re-organise it and leave peace in the community forever. Throughout the novel, it showed a cycle that was relating to the religious history of the Middle East, and how Mahfouz suggested some insight into the nature of human society. The alley is being rule by a mysterious patriarch, named Gabalawi (the god), who live between an …show more content…

Only the gangsters lived in comfort and luxury; above them was their boss and above everyone was the overseer; the people were crushed beneath all of them”. (p.94-95) Gabalawi, the leader of the alley, turn to his descendants to fix the alley. Gabal, representing Moses who is jewish, is the first one to be designated for the challenge rule the alley by laws. He found himself to be successful during his term, but his death betrayed him, violence and gangsterism returns and everyone comeback to the start line; relating to our ancestors, the first religion to be practice in the Middle East was a monotheistic religion. (Judaism) Because everyone is different some jewish practitioners were unhappy with the life they had with Judaism, so part of them chose to create their own religion: Christianity which was a fresh start to all those who followed the creator. This new creation or a religion leads to Rifaa, representing Jesus who is Christian, is the second to be ask to re-organise the community. For his turn, he is using his personal “therapy” which was love, same story as Gabal, he brought back the alley together and give them hope, but after he dies, it all comes back to the same thing, gangsterism. “Almost nothing in the alley had changed. Feet that were still bare left their deep prints in the dirtt. Flies still lingered in garbage and on people’s eyes. Faces were still tired

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