Tomris Uyar’s short story “The Guest at the Moribund Hotel” presents a compelling narrative, which explore the lives of a diverse group of individuals that happen to vacation in the same rundown hotel every year. The authors quick transition between the various characters and their backstories emphasises the cohesive identity that all the characters seem to have as it seems somewhat repetitive to go over each character separately. All the characters seem to have a great deal of familiarity with each other even though it does not extended polite conversation and shallow remarks regarding their attire and relationship status’. Nevertheless, the characters seem to find a great deal of comfort in returning to the same hotel every summer. This notion of finding comfort in things remaining the same seems to be the underlying thread which weaves the whole narrative and digs deeply into the human psyche and manly humans fundamental resistance to change.
The need for consistency was exemplified by the character of Balkis Hanim’s not only by her visiting the same vacation spot every year but also by her decision to wear the same Green Dress everyday which …show more content…
Pamuk explores these concepts through the character of Gulip, and his attempt at finding his estranged wife, Ruya. In his search for his wife, Gulip decides to morphm into Celal. Celal was Ruya’s brother and their relationship was described as two people that “...stayed very close. You’d never know he was only her half brother. She loved him like a real brother and he loved her like a sister!” However, Gulip was adamant that his wife had decided to disappear with Celal. In his mission to track down his wife, we as readers are brought into the narrative through the author’s exploration identity and what caused the demise of a Turkish
The need for consistency was exemplified by the character of Balkis Hanim’s not only by her visiting the same vacation spot every year but also by her decision to wear the same Green Dress everyday which …show more content…
Pamuk explores these concepts through the character of Gulip, and his attempt at finding his estranged wife, Ruya. In his search for his wife, Gulip decides to morphm into Celal. Celal was Ruya’s brother and their relationship was described as two people that “...stayed very close. You’d never know he was only her half brother. She loved him like a real brother and he loved her like a sister!” However, Gulip was adamant that his wife had decided to disappear with Celal. In his mission to track down his wife, we as readers are brought into the narrative through the author’s exploration identity and what caused the demise of a Turkish