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A 6 page paper which examines how Maryse Conde and Tahar Ben Jelloun
implement storytelling in their novels, presenting us with an understanding of culture as
well as an understanding of the stories that unfold. No additional sources cited.
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6 pages (~225 words per page)
File: JR7_RAconde.rtf
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United States, especially cultures which still possess qualities of independence from the mainstream cultures, offer us very intricate looks at people of various ethnic backgrounds. And, in some literature we
are offered storytelling techniques that allow us to rise above the differences and culture and look at the story itself, almost finding ourselves relating to the people within the culture
that is so often far removed from our own. In the following paper we examine this element as seen in Maryse Condes "Crossing the Mangrove" and Tahar Ben Jellouns "The
Sand Child." Crossing the Mangrove From the very beginning of this particular story we know that what we will hear will be a tale of intrigue as Francis
Sancher is found dead and his wife thinks, "For she had known from the very start that this man would break into and out of her life in a brutal
fashion" (Conde 4). This presents us with a mystery that can only be told through a storytelling approach. It is also a mystery that is never really solved, for
what we are given is the various stories or perspectives of the individuals who knew, or thought they knew, Sancher. And, we begin to see that this sort of storytelling
will take place when the news is heard of Sanchers death: "While he strode in haste towards his parents house, the men, forgetting their rum and dice, hurried off to
spread the news to the four corners of the village, and soon people were crowding on their doorsteps to comment on the matter, not in the least surprised, however, for
everybody knew full well that one day Francis Sancher would come to a bad end!" (Conde 5). This is a sort of an approach that builds the foundations of
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