The Broken Wings

Short Novel "The Broken Wings" summary and Presentation wrote by Khalil Gibran

1. Assalam-Alaikum I am Mudassir Iqbal Hope you all will be fine and healthy Start with the name of ALLAH, the sustainer of the world

2. The Broken Wings Khalil Gibran

3. “Lets go of your story so the universe can write a new one for you” Marianne Williamson 3

4. Writer of the story Khalil Gibran was a Lebanese-American writer Born in 1883 in a village of the Lebanon Artist, Poet, Essayist, Novelist and philosopher. Khalil Gibran immigrated with his family to the United States in 1895. Died in 1931. 4

5. THE BROKEN WINGS Broken Wings is a poetic novel written in Arabic language first published in 1912 Original Title : الأجنحة المتكسرة The book highlights many of the social issues , including religious corruption, the rights of women, and the considering up of wealth and happiness . 5

6. Main Characters 6 Salma karamy ( Main Character) Represent Women Subjugation in society Khalil Gibran (Narrator) Faris Karamy (Father of Salma ) Represent traditional ,conservative role of father Mansoor Ghalib (Cruel Husband of Selma ) Represents male hegemony

7. Summary 7 It is a tale of tragic love, set at the turn of the 20th century in Beruit .  A young woman, Selma Karamy , is engaged to a prominent religious man's nephew. The a young man that Gibran perhaps modeled after himself falls in love with this woman. They begin to meet in secret, however they are discovered, and Selma is forbidden to leave her house, breaking their hopes and hearts.

8. Gibran touches a variety of subjects like Love Troubles of women False values on which human societies are built Main Themes

9. 9 WOMEN INFERIORITY IN SOCIETY Sex-Objects Women Subjucation Culture barrier Personal Perspective

10. Conclusion 10 Let women be provided with living strength of their own. Let them have the means to attack the world and wrest from it their own subsistence, and their dependence will be abolished. Simon de beaviour

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