A Lesson in Drawing by Nizar Qabbani
Write a monologue from the point of view of the son, expressing what and how he felt when his
father was talking about his experiences. (min 500 words) please help me and do fast it's urgent
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I thought I asked Father a very simple thing. I only wanted him to paint a bird for me, but he didn't. Instead he is drawing a prison. This is extremely surprising. I don't understand how how a bird can be the same as a prison. They don't even sound alike or look alike. They are not even the same colour or the same shape! All that father has to say is that he has forgotten what birds look like. How is that possible? Everyone has seen birds sometime or the other. You don't even have to go to the zoo to see them. They are right there in the books! Maybe he is not too good at drawing a bird and is making excuses.
Let me try asking him to draw a wheat stalk. That should be much simpler. Well, Father is busy drawing a gun. He probably doesn't know the difference between a wheat stalk and a gun. Is that possible though? When I ask him, he says that he used to know what a loaf, a rose and wheatstalks looked like. Now he doesn't remember. I am beginning to wonder father is feeling unwell.
Father says that now roses wear uniforms, there is a gun inside each loaf of bread and books can explode. I think father is making up stories. Maybe he can read me a poem, but all does is drop a tear. I didn't to anything to make him cry! All he says to me is that when I grow up and read Arabic poetry I will know that Arabic poems are tears. Well I don't understand any of that, but maybe father can actually draw me his homeland. I think this is the worst thing I could have asked for because it has upset him even more. He cannot hold the brush steady in hand and has now started weeping. I don't know what to do!
I really don't think I have done anything to make father feel that way. Maybe he has had a very tiring day or maybe he is really upset about something. I don't know how to make him feel better. I think I will just get more glass of water and give him a tight hug.