Question

Respond " the literature of the Middle East and South Asia " Laura Winkiel writes " these stories help us to understand the complex questions that middle easterners and south Asian people ask as they stand at a crossroads of the cultural and religious change " explain how this system applies to one of the selections you read. be sure to include the title of the selection and explain the crossroads that it illustrates.

Answer 1

One traditional story we tell is of the annual reappearance of a su!cide at a crossroads near their place of death. If they speak, it is only about going home. You see, long ago people believed a su!cide would go to Heaven only in special circumstances. Otherwise, they went to Hell. Until it was decided, they would wander the earth, ever at a crossroads, seeking a way home. Where they would finally go was decided by two ghoulish figures, one white, one black, playing dice for the su!cide’s soul.