Literary Analysis: Arabian Literature

Name: __Jayarr C. Rondina___________________________________

Answer the questions below.

THE PROPHET and SIMON WHO WAS CALLED PETER by Kahlil Gilbran

1. Who are Simon and Andrew?

they are the chosen of god. they are the fisherman

2. Characterize Jesus as He spoke with the fishermen.

Jesus make himself as a man. Jesus is a visitor

3. Do Simon and Andrew have strong faith? Prove your answer.

yes. because when Jesus said that follow me to the shore of a greater sea. they abandoned their boat
and net and they followed him.

4. Why did they invite Jesus to their house?

because they shall be grace by his visit.

5. Pick out some words of wisdom mentioned by Jesus while he was with the family. Interpret the lines.

My friends grace me now in sharing this food with me, even the father has graced us in giving it into us.

he said that you are always blessed when your friends share their food you and thank god for the
blessing that gave to you and your friends.

DATES

1. What are dates?

Dates are the fruit of the date palm tree, which is grown in many tropical regions of the world.

2. In which place/s do dates grow?

The species is widely cultivated across Northern Africa, the Middle East, and South Asia, and is
naturalized in many tropical and subtropical regions worldwide.

3. Who are speaking in the poem?

the author

4. In your own opinion, who are free-tended, sons of peace, hall-forgetters, wide-handed, bright-
sworded, and masters of horses?

The people.
THE BWEILDERED ARAB

1. From the poem, where is Arab?

From the solitary desert up to Bahgdad..

2. Describe the people there.

people there is on a hard situation and hard living life they want to go out to the life they have

3. What untoward incident happened to the Arab?

one that heard him and divined, his purpose

4. In your own opinion, is the Arab dreaming? Why or why not? Prove your answer.

no! because he’s in reality. He see’s what is happening in his surroundings. the ankle clipping the cried

5. Is there humor in the poem? Justify your answer.

no.