Supporting details presented. Not good. 3/5. Urgent support needed. Heck, I need to throw everything that I have into the bin. Not because its rubbish, but it lacks substance.
This is bad. Really bad. I'm going to throw my towel soon.
But this shouldn't be the case.
I must persevere. Else everything that I've learnt arrives at zero. I'll insist that somehow, somewhat, I must make something out of it. My deconstructionist mind isn't kicking in.
'The Broken' Wings is a tale of two lovers, which puts Kahlil Gibran himself and Selma, in a Lebanon society that is dogmatic (not religious) and fearful (instead of a serene society). He (Kahlil) hits out at the people having powers and positions in the institutions of faiths (be it Christians, Muslims or Zoroastians). It is a book that compels the readers to be sympathetic to the protagonist of the story.
The idea of religious heads manipulating the masses isn't exactly a theme foreign to most readers, be it atheists or theists alike. The idea of a wolf in a sheep's skin, the lamb who lead the other lambs to the wolves, Romeo & Juliet love story, personal desires vis-a-vis conformity of society's codes of conducts and accepted practices, all rolled up in one package. All in one book in one perspective, drawn out of experience.
It is a wonderful book (although not exactly an inspiring one) to read. I can see how Kahlil Gibran manages to live through this living nightmare, and instead of killing himself (which may be posed as a romantic notion), he chooses to fight the fight. In his own way, in his own style. Maybe that is why he is such a celebrated personality back in his time.
But there must be something that I can attribute to his 'survival'. Guess I'll just have to read the book another one good round.
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